Disseminated gonococcal infection in pregnancy presenting as meningitis and dermatitis

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 108, Issue 3 II, 2006, Pages 798-801

  Burgis, Judith T ^a,b   Nawaz III, Hamayun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 2 Medical Park ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CEFTRIAXONE; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 33748097646     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000209186.84897.f1     Document Type: Article

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