Otogenic pneumococcal meningitis with pneumocephalus

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Damergis, Jennifer A ^a   Chee, Kerlen ^a   Amitai, Allon ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

azathioprine; immunosuppression; meningitis; otitis; pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; EAR DROPS; MESALAZINE; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NAUSEA; OTALGIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956392149     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.10.082     Document Type: Article

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