Mycoplasma meningitis resulting in increased production of cerebrospinal fluid: Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 859-862

  Bauer, David F ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Acakpo Satchivi, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Pediatric neurosurgery; Ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALAISE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL DISEASE; SEIZURE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 44649198639     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0590-z     Document Type: Article

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