Severe meningoencephalitis: An unusual manifestation of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 209-210

  Guglielminotti, Jean ^a,b   Lellouche, Nicolas ^b   Maury, Eric ^b   Alzieu, Marc ^b   Guidet, Bertrand ^b   Offenstadt, Georges ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DROWSINESS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0033978810     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313633     Document Type: Article

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