The index case for the fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2119-2125

  Pettit, April C ^a   Kropski, Jonathan A ^a   Castilho, Jessica L ^a   Schmitz, Jonathan E ^a   Rauch, Carol A ^a   Mobley, Bret C ^a   Wang, Xuan J ^a   Spires, Steven S ^a   Pugh, Meredith E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; GLUCOSE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; DECREASED APPETITE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; EPIDEMIC; FATIGUE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGISM; MENINGITIS; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SOMNOLENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870044374     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212292     Document Type: Article

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