Meningitis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia after a neurosurgical procedure

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1696-1697

  Sood, Smita ^a   Kumar Vaid, Vivek ^a   Bhartiya, Hemant ^a  

^a FORTIS HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neurosurgery; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANALYZER; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DRAIN; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REOPERATION; RETREATMENT; SEIZURE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

EID: 84881031209     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5614.3248     Document Type: Article

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