Listeria monocytogenes meningoencephalitis presenting with hydrocephalus and ventiriculitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 323-324

  Ito, Hisashi ^a   Kobayashi, Susumu ^b   Iino, Mitsuharu ^a   Kamei, Tetsumasa ^a   Takanashi, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a Chigasaki Tokushukai Medical Center   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Listeria monocytogenes; Meningoencephalitis; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40749130371     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0509     Document Type: Article

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