Listeria monocytogenes encephalitis revealed by left progressive hemiparesis;Hémiparésie d'installation progressive révélant une encéphalite à listéria monocytogènes

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 592-595

  Elziere C ^a,b   Alkhalil, A ^a   Belin, C ^a   Dumas, J L ^a   Salama, J Z ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service de Neurologie   (France)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebrospinal fluid; Encephalitis; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; GADOLINIUM; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249867406     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-3787(07)90466-X     Document Type: Article

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