Neisseria gonorrhoeae meningitis in pregnant adolescent

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1672-1674

  Martín, Maria C ^a   Pérez, Francisco ^b   Moreno, Alfonso ^b   Moral, Alberto ^b   Alvarez, Miguel A ^a   Méndez, Francisco J ^b,c   Vázquez, Fernando ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c Inst U   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL MONTE NARANCO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MENINGITIS; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREGNANT WOMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 54249164040     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.080118     Document Type: Letter

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