Meningitis due to Escherichia vulneris [4]

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-123

  Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Chandra, Sharat P ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Das, Bimal K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA VULNERIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUORRHEA; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FLAP; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 17444371219     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.15082     Document Type: Letter

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