Three cases of Capnocytophaga canimorsus meningitis seen at a regional hospital in one year

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 320-324

  Monrad, Rikke Nygaard ^a   Hansen, Dennis Schrøder ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; MEROPENEM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE;

AGED; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84858976682     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.635314     Document Type: Article

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