Primary Pseudomonas meningitis in an adult, splenectomized, multitransfused thalassaemia major patient

Haematologia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-72

  Ghosh, K ^a   Daar, S ^b   Hiwase, D ^b   Nusrat, N ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Iron overload; Primary meningitis; Pseudomonas putida; Splenectomy; Thalassaemia major

Indexed keywords

CHELATING AGENT; DEFEROXAMINE; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INDIA; IRON OVERLOAD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHELATING AGENTS; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFEROXAMINE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INDIA; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 0033648917     PISSN: 00176559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685590051129922     Document Type: Article

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