Report of two cases of aseptic meningitis with persistence of pneumococcal cell wall components in cerebrospinal fluid after pneumococcal meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4285-4287

  Angoulvant, François ^a   Lachenaud, Julie ^a   Mariani Kurkdjian, Patricia ^a   Aubertin, Guillaume ^a   Houdouin, Véronique ^a   Lorrot, Mathie ^a   De Los Angeles, Laure ^a   Bingen, Edouard ^a   Bourrillon, Antoine ^a   Paye, Albert ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SALICYLIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL WALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33750956401     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01120-06     Document Type: Article

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