Listerial rhombencephalitis in an immunocompetent young adult

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kayaaslan, Bircan Ünal ^a   Akinci, Esragül ^a   Bilen, Şule ^a   Gözel, Mustafa Gökhan ^a   Erdem, Deniz ^a   Çevik, Mustafa Aydin ^a   Bodur, Hürrem ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Listeria; Rhombencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTUBATION; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHOMBENCEPHALITIS; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNSTEADINESS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849101335     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.026     Document Type: Article

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