An autopsied case of purulent meningitis associated with ocular flutter

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 469-472

  Orimo, Satoshi ^a   Sato, Haruyo ^a   Ozawa, Eisuke ^a   Yasui, Hideaki ^a   Tuchiya, Kuniaki ^b  

^a The Mutualaid Association of Public School Teachers)   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Ocular flutter; Purulent meningitis; Streptococcus pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HEART ENZYME; PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYCARDIA;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031807880     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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