Meningitis due to Bacillus Anthracis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-160

  Gürcan, Şaban ^a   Akata, Filiz ^a   Kuloǧlu, Figen ^a   Erdoǧan, Sevinç ^a   Tuǧrul, Murat ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Haemorrhagic meningitis; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 14944338703     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2005.46.1.159     Document Type: Article

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