Polymicrobial meningitis revealing an anterior sacral meningocele in a 23-year-old woman

Journal of Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-197

  Guerin, J M ^a   Leibinger, F ^a   Raskine, L ^b   Ekherian, J M ^a  

^a Service de Réanimation Médicale et Toxicologique   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGOCELE;

EID: 0034025455     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(00)80019-5     Document Type: Article

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