Severe Actinobacillus ureae meningitis in an immunocompromised patient: Report of one case and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1076-1079

  De Castro, Nathalie ^a   Pavie, Juliette ^a   Lagrange Xélot, Marie ^a   Bouvry, Diane ^b   Delisle, Françoise ^b   Parrot, Antoine ^b   Molina, Jean Michel ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYELOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ACTINOBACILLUS; AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 36348950865     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701558755     Document Type: Article

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