Fulminating encephalopathy associated with Shigella flexneri infection;Encephalopathie fulminante a Shigella flexneri

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 993-996

  Dieu Osika, S ^a   Tazarourte Pinturier, M F ^a   Dessemme, P ^b   Rousseau, R ^a   Sauvion, S ^a   Nathanson, M ^a   Gaudelus, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

child; encephalitis; Shigella; toxins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

CHILD; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030254119     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-693X(96)81721-0     Document Type: Article

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