Rhodococcus erythropolis encephalitis in patient receiving rituximab

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1378-1379

  Bagdure, Satish R ^a   Fisher, Mark A ^b,c   Ryan, Michael E ^a   Khasawneh, Faisal A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; RITUXIMAB; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DEATH; DROWSINESS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LETTER; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYDRIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS ENCEPHALITIS; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METHOTREXATE; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 84864491516     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1808.110434     Document Type: Letter

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