Sepsis and meningitis due to Listeria monocytogenes

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-439

  Yildiz, Orhan ^a   Aygen, Bilgehan ^a   Esel, Duygu ^a   Kayabas, Uner ^a   Alp, Emine ^a   Sumerkan, Bulent ^a   Doganay, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressive; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeriosis; Meningitis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; BLEOMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CISPLATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; DIGOXIN; ETOPOSIDE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; GLICLAZIDE; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETHARGY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NIGHT SWEAT; PERITONEAL FLUID; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ASCITIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447546553     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.3.433     Document Type: Article

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