Currarino syndrome as an etiology of a neonatal Escherichia coli meningitis

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 589-591

  Fleury, J ^a   Picherot, G ^a   Cretolle, C ^b   Podevin, G ^a   David, A ^c   Caillon, J ^c,d   Roze, J C ^a   Gras le Guen, C ^a,d  

^a Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTEROIDES; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CURRARINO SYNDROME; EARLY INTERVENTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRUM AGENESIS; SHOCK; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECTUM; SACRUM; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548319122     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211783     Document Type: Article

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