Pneumococcal meningitis masquerading as subarachnoid haemorrhage

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 505-507

  Chatterjee, Taposh ^a   Gowardman, John R ^a   Goh, Tony D ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NIMODIPINE; PROTEIN; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECZEMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE RATE; PUPIL DISEASE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SINUS RHYTHM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038135193     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05328.x     Document Type: Article

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