Comamonas testosteroni meningitis in a patient with recurrent cholesteatoma

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Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-476

  Arda, Bilgin ^a   Aydemir, Sohret ^a   Yamazhan, Tansu ^a   Hassan, Abdullahi ^a   Tünger, Alper ^a   Serter, Demir ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Comamonas testosteroni; Purulent meningitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEATOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CHOLESTEATOMA; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 0038717022     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2003.1110404.x     Document Type: Article

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