Severe symptomatic aseptic chemical meningitis following myelography: The role of procalcitonin

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1311-1313

  Bender, Andreas ^a   Elstner, Matthias ^a   Paul, Robert ^a   Straube, Andreas ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IOTROLAN; PROCALCITONIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 5344230061     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000140698.98701.78     Document Type: Article

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