Mycoplasma hominis meningitis complicating head trauma: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 272-273

  Cohen, Michael ^a   Kubak, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MENINGITIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031042887     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.2.272     Document Type: Article

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