Primary Nocardia meningitis in a patient without a predisposing condition: Case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 737-741

  Al Soub, Hussam ^a   Almaslamani, Mona ^a   Al Khuwaiter, Jameela ^a   El Deeb, Yasser ^a   Khatab, Mohammed Abu ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; PROTEIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NOCARDIA; PAKISTAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 34547537474     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701199873     Document Type: Article

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