Enterococcus faecalis: An unusual cause of meningitis in HIV-infected patients

AIDS Reader

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 540-542

  Sharma, Anjali ^a   Mong, Mimi S ^a   Minamoto, Grace ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; HIV AIDS; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0036904730     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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