Acute aseptic meningitis as the only presenting feature of leptospirosis [3]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-391

  Karande, Sunil ^a   Patil, Shailesh ^a   Kulkarni, Madhuri ^a   Joshi, Anagha ^a   Bharadwaj, Renu ^b  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL; PENICILLIN G;

ANAMNESIS; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 17144392511     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000157351.44089.7e     Document Type: Letter

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