Acute meningoencephalitis caused by streptococcus pneumoniae, mimicking acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-258

  Kureshiro, Juri ^a   Kuzumoto, Yoshimasa ^a   Aomatsu, Hiromi ^a   Kusunoki, Susumu ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEM; Bacterial meningoencephalitis; Methylprednisolone; Pneumococcus; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

FOSFLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; ACUTE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 44849140801     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.48.255     Document Type: Article

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