Acute meningitis as an initial manifestation of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 703-705

  Joo, Eun Jeong ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Kim, Wook Sung ^b   Lee, Nam Yong ^b   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PREDNISOLONE; SM ANTIBODY; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTION; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84855456222     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0230-5     Document Type: Article

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