Chronic meningitis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1405-1406

  Suk, Ran Kim ^a   Min, Jung Kwon ^a   Jang, Ho Lee ^a   Nam, Yong Lee ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IRON; SUGAR; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36148974730     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47199-0     Document Type: Article

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