Pneumocephalus associated with Bacteroides fragilis meningitis

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 272-273

  Parmar, Malvinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic meningitis; Bacteroides fragilis meningitis; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; REVIEW;

AGED; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PNEUMOCEPHALUS;

EID: 11944274518     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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