Neonatal Streptococcus pyogenes meningitis and sagittal sinus thrombosis: Case report;Meningite neonatal por streptococcus pyogenes e trombose de seio sagital: Relato de caso

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 829-832

  Krebs, Vera Lúcia Jornada ^a,d   Chieffi, Luciana Navarretti ^b   Ceccon, Maria Esther Jurfest Rivero ^c   De Albuquerque Diniz, Edna Maria ^a   Feferbaum, Rubens ^a   Takeuchi, Carlos Augusto ^a   Marques Dias, Maria Joaquina ^a   Carneiro, Jorge David Aivazoglou ^a   Vaz, Flávio Adolfo Costa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HCFMU

^c Hospital de Cascais Dr José de Almeida   (Portugal)

^d HCFMUSP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Group A streptococcus; Newborn; Sagittal sinus; Venous thombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEWBORN; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0032241896     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000500021     Document Type: Article

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