Pasteurella multocida meningitis in infancy - (A lick may be as bad as a bite)

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 875-878

  Wade, T ^a   Booy, R ^a   Teare, E L ^b   Kroll, S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Misdiagnosis; Pasteurella multocida; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BITE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LICKING; MALE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032869735     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051232     Document Type: Article

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