Listeria meningoencephalitis: Two cases and a review of the literature

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 659-663

  Chan, Y C ^a   Ho, K H ^b   Tambyah, P A ^b   Lee, K H ^b   Ong, B K L ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Immunocompromised; Lymphocytic; Rhombencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; REVIEW; SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGE; SEIZURES;

EID: 0035515548     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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