Purulent pericarditis caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C and confirmed through polymerase chain reaction

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-145

  Leite De Souza, Alexandre ^a,d   Marques Salgado, Maristela ^b   Das Graças Adelino Alkmin, Maria ^b   Sztajnbok, Jaques ^a   Seguro, Antonio Carlos ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; CEFTRIAXONE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 32144453292     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500279934     Document Type: Article

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