Isolated meningeal vasculopathy associated with Clostridium septicum infection

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 265-267

  Crowley, R S ^b   Lembke, A ^b   Horoupian, Dikran S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0031033238     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.265     Document Type: Article

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