Fatal Bacillus cereus meningitis without inflammatory reaction in cerebral spinal fluid after bone marrow transplantation [5]

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1533-1534

  Monteiro De Almeida, Sérgio ^a   Teive, Helio A G ^a   Brandi, Ivar ^a   Kanaan Nabhan, Samir ^a   Werneck, Lineu Cesar ^a   Bittencourt, Marco A ^a   Medeiros, Carlos R ^a   Pasquini, Ricardo ^a   Homem De Mello, Helena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; BACILLUS CEREUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0345015332     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000079251.82361.99     Document Type: Letter

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