Extrusion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter through the rectum and retrograde meningitis [1]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1027-

  Ansari, Saeed ^a   Nejat, Farideh ^a   Dadmehr, Majid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFECATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 28044433637     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000183777.51607.7c     Document Type: Letter

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