Treatment difficulties of a listerial rhombencephalitis in an adult patient allergic to penicillins

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 665-666

  Popescu, G A ^a,b,c   Saquepee M ^a   Poisson, D ^a   Prazuck, T ^a  

^a Regional Hospital Orléans   (France)

^b Matei Bals Infectious Diseases Institute   (Romania)

^c NONE   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; THIAMPHENICOL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2642515554     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2003.014738     Document Type: Article

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