Mycoplasma pneumoniae meningoencephalitis in a young adult;Meningoencefalitis por mycoplasma pneumoniae en un adulto joven

Medicina

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-340

  Del Castillo, Marcelo ^a,b   D'Giano, Carlos ^a   Goicoechea, Maria Teresa ^a   Morello, Fernando ^a   Salsamendi, Paz ^a   Mora, Andrea ^a  

^a FLENI   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Meningoencephalitis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 25844477635     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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