Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis: A case report and literature review

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-234

  Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   Elshafi, Sitina S ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Enterococcal meningitis; Enterococcus gallinarum; Linezolid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLAVULANIC ACID; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INFECTION RISK; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PAKISTAN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QATAR; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SPASTICITY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 79954592861     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1281     Document Type: Article

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