Fatal Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis and concomitant disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with diabetes mellitus

Bacterial meningitis remains a major cause of death and long-term neurologic sequelae worldwide. We present a case of fatal Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis and concomitant disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in a 72-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus (DM). Both blood and cerebrospinal f...

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Autores principales: Ho, Min-Po, Tsai, Kuang-Chau, Liao, Chun-Hsing
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Interdisciplinary Cases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700601/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19561976
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.50751

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