Recurrent posttraumatic meningitis due to nontypable Haemophilus influenzae: Case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-77

  Kunze, W ^a   Muller L ^b   Kilian, M ^c   Schuhmann, M U ^d   Baumann, L ^e   Handrick, W ^f  

^a Dept of Pediatrics   (Germany)

^b Institute of Public Health of the Federal State Saxony   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Labor Dr Reising Ackermann und Partner   (Germany)

^f Institute of Medical Diagnostics Oderland   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS POLIOMYELITIS TETANUS HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B HEPATITIS B VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOTYPE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENCEPHALOCELE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEFOTAXIME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINES; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 43049106143     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6048-5     Document Type: Article

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