Neuroleptospirosis with hydrocephalus and very elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 549-550

  Sakellaridis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Panagopoulos, Demetrius ^a   Androulis, Antonios ^a  

^a KAT National Hospital   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; Leptospirosis; Neuroleptospirosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAIT DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETHARGY; MALE; NEUROLEPTOSPIROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ANASTOMOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 65649139553     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181a0ae80     Document Type: Article

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