Severe pneumococcal meningitis heralding a deep hypogammaglobulinaemia related to common variable immunodeficiency, at the age of 27 years

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 756-758

  Manfredi, Roberto ^a   Dentale, Nicola ^a   Fortunato, Lorenza ^a   Pavoni, Michele ^a   Calza, Leonardo ^a   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MICROSCOPY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944233389     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410021045a     Document Type: Article

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