A case of listeria meningitis associated with increased adenosine deaminase in cerebrospinal fluid

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-437

  Nishida, Yoichiro ^a,b   Komachi, Hiroshi ^b   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION DISASTER MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Cerebrospinal fluid; Listeria; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGED; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33947640659     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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