Providencia rettgeri: An unusual cause of central nervous system infections

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-159

  Maiti, Tanmoy Kumar ^a   Singh, Veena Kumari ^b   Pandey, Paritosh ^a,b  

^a Neurosurgery Associates   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Providencia rettgeri; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CRANIOTOMY; DEATH; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONAS; SEIZURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEPTICEMIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84880768959     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318294f998     Document Type: Article

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