Cauda equina syndrome misdiagnosed as aggravated hydrocephalus: Neurological complication of intrathecal colistin in post-surgical meningitis

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-427

  Kim, Keewon ^a   Kang, Hyun Seung ^a   Sohn, Chul Ho ^a   Oh, Byung Mo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN PROTEIN; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AXONAL INJURY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LETTER; LIMB PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RADICULOPATHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLISTIN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 79952537727     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0810-7     Document Type: Letter

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