Vascular complications of fungal meningitis attributed to injections of contaminated methylprednisolone acetate

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1173-1176

  Kleinfeld, Kirk ^a   Jones, Pearl ^a   Riebau, Derek ^a   Beck, Ariana ^a   Paueksakon, Paisit ^a   Abel, Ty ^a   Claassen, Daniel O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBELLAR ARTERY OCCLUSION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; EXSEROHILUM ROSTRATUM; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; FUNGUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACUNAR STROKE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONTINE STROKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VERTIGO;

EID: 84883753192     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.3586     Document Type: Article

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