A case of meningitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes in a previously healthy woman

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-244

  Uluǧ, Mehmet ^a   Ulug, Nuray Can ^a   Celen, Mustafa Kemal ^b   Geyik, Mehmet Faruk ^b   Ayaz, Celal ^b  

^a Midyat State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Mortality; Streptococcus pyogenes; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; MANNITOL; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHARYNGITIS; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TURBIDITY; VOMITING;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 67649503202     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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