Vasculitic presentation of staphylococcal meningitis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1788-1789

  Bentley, Paul ^a   Qadri, Farzana ^b   Wild, Edward J ^b   Hirsch, Nicholas P ^b   Howard, Robin S ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; METICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 37149002278     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.12.1788     Document Type: Article

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