Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis related to Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1161-1162

  Hussain, A M ^a   Flint, N J ^b   Livsey, S A ^a   Wong, R ^b   Spiers, P ^b   Bukhari, S S ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GASTROENTERITIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 35348951528     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.046284     Document Type: Article

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