Listeria meningitis in children: Report of two cases

Infection

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-123

  Economou, M ^a   Karyda, S ^b   Kansouzidou, A ^a   Kavaliotis, J ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Infections; Listeria; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CALCITRIOL; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLESTYRAMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; MANNITOL; MULTIVITAMIN; PENICILLIN G; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTASIS, INTRAHEPATIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA;

EID: 0034080845     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s150100050061     Document Type: Article

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