Listeria monocytogenes rhomboencephalitis. Report of one case;Romboencefalitis por Listeria monocytogenes. Caso clínico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 828-832

  Bravo, Mauricio ^a   Ferrer, Sergio ^a   Trujillo, Sergio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MILITAR DE SANTIAGO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Listeria infections; Listeria monocytogenes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rhomboencephalon

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENICILLINS;

EID: 0032128948     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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