Occurrence of pyogenic meningitis during the course of endoscopic variceal ligation therapy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-113

  Nagamine, N ^a   Kaneko, Y ^a   Kumakura, Y ^a   Ogawa, Y ^a   Ido, K ^a   Kimura, K ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 0032981455     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(99)70457-8     Document Type: Article

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