Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with meningitis due to Mycobacterium intracellulare

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2113-2116

  Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshioka, Keiji ^a  

^a MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEM; M. intracellulare; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MENINGISM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 77958097503     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3323     Document Type: Article

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