Cerebellar hemorrhage as an atypical complication of meningococcal meningitis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 558-559

  de Souza, Alexandre Leite ^a   Sztajnbok, Jaques ^a   Seguro, Antonio Carlos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 50349094703     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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