Listeria monocytogenes meningitis: An uncommon opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 671-673

  Patil, Asha B ^a   Nadiger, Shobha ^a   Chandrasekhar, M R ^b   Halesh, L H ^a   Kumar, Mahesh ^a  

^a KARNATAKA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Listeria monocytogenes; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLEOCYTOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548274919     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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