Polyradiculitis, perimyocarditis, and nephrotic syndrome: Unusual manifestations of infection due to Listeria monocytogenes

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-153

  Padovan, Claudio S ^a   Liebetrau, M ^a   Danek, A ^a   Scheuerer, W ^a   Pfister, H W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCARDITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PARESIS; PERICARDITIS; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0033030047     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517186     Document Type: Article

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