Listeria induced ventriculitis [1];Ventriculitis por listeria

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-51

  Rua Galisteo, O ^a   Keituqwa Yanez I ^a   Lopez Sanchez L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; POTASSIUM; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN; SODIUM; THROMBOPLASTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947530282     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0210-5691(07)74770-8     Document Type: Letter

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