Meningoencephalitis caused by bacillus cereus;Meningoenzephalitis durch Bacillus cereus

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Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 361-363

  Marx, Christian ^a   Reimer, P ^b   Gross, R ^b   Wortler K ^b   Steinmetz, M ^b   Peters, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bacillus cereus; encephalitis; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCYTOSINE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IMIPENEM;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030913231     PISSN: 09366652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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