Meningitis in a newborn infant with urosepsis, negative blood cultures and initially normal cerebrospinal fluid findings

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-131

  Behera, S ^a   Seri, I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid findings; Meningitis; Neonate; Sepsis syndrome; Urosepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; PHENOBARBITAL;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 2542448321     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050410001659860     Document Type: Article

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