A case of meningitis due to achromobacter xylosoxidans denitrificans 60 years after a cranial trauma

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Manckoundia, Patrick ^a,b   Mazen, Emmanuel ^a   Coste, Alexis Saloff ^a   Somana, Sophie ^a   Marilier, Sophie ^b   Duez, Jean Marie ^c   Camus, Agnès ^a   Popitean, Laura ^a   Bador, Julien ^c   Pfitzenmeyer, Pierre ^a,b  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Achromobacter xylosoxidans denitrificans; Elderly subject; Late posttraumatic meningitis

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAPTOPRIL; FIBRINOGEN; FLUINDIONE; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LEUPRORELIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; MEROPENEM; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PROTEIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHIL; OTORRHEA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 79958762988     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.881796     Document Type: Article

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