Case report: Haemophilus influenzae serotype a meningitis

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-408

  De Pádua, Rubia Andreia Falleiros ^a   Scodro, Regiane Bertin De Lima ^a   Ghiraldi, Luciana Dias ^a   Siqueira, Vera Lúcia Dias ^a   Yamashita, Yandara Keiko ^a   Helbel, César ^b   Cardoso, Rosilene Fressatti ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b State University Hospital of Maringá   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae serotype a; Haemophilus influenzae serotype b; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPYRONE; GENTAMICIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PHENOBARBITAL; SODIUM DIPYRONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; SEROTYPING;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE B;

BRAZIL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 73349141398     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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