Three adult cases of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in Vietnam

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Chau, Tran Thi Hong ^a   Campbell, James I ^b,c   Schultsz, Constance ^b,d   van Vinh Chau, Nguyen ^a   Diep, To Song ^a   Baker, Stephen ^b,c   Chinh, Nguyen Tran ^a   Farrar, Jeremy J ^b,c   Rogier van Doorn, H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; MANNITOL; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASCITES; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIET NAM; VOMITING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL; VIETNAM;

EID: 77955025447     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000306     Document Type: Article

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