Spinal cord infarction and tetraplegia - Rare complications of meningococcal meningitis

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 514-517

  O'Farrell, R ^a   Thornton, J ^a   Brennan, P ^a   Brett, F ^a   Cunningham, A J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Complications, meningitis, meningococcal; Complications, spinal cord infarction; Complications, tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INFARCTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034080755     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bja.a013482     Document Type: Article

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