Delayed cerebral thrombosis after initial good recovery from pneumococcal meningitis

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1988-1995

  Schut, E S ^a   Brouwer, M C ^a   De Gans, J ^a   Florquin, S ^b   Troost, D ^c   Van De Beek, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THALAMUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 73349093410     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c55d2e     Document Type: Article

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