Meningococcal serotype Y myopericarditis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-227

  Nkosi, Joel ^a   Thakrar, Amar ^b   Kumar, Kanwal ^a   Ahmadie, Roien ^a   Fang, Tielan ^a   Lytwyn, Matthew ^a   Francis, Andrew ^a   Kasper, Ken ^a   Kirkpatrick, Iain ^a   Jassal, Davinder S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; Myocarditis; Neisseria meningococcus; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; PENICILLIN G; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 58149513096     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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