Atypical clinical presentation of laboratory-acquired meningococcal disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 911-913

  Athlin, Simon ^a   Vikerfors, Tomas ^a   Fredlund, Hans ^a   Olcén, Per ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GENTAMICIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENA PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE DISEASE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTICEMIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LABORATORY INFECTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; SEROSITIS;

EID: 34748851376     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701367827     Document Type: Article

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