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An unusual case of meningococcal meningitis complicated with subdural empyema in a 3 month old infant: a case report

Subdural empyema is an unusual complication of meningococcal meningitis, and in acute cases can be rapidly fatal. We present a case of an 8 week old infant who presented with atypical Neisseria meningitis with bifrontal subdural empyema formation. Through the utilisation of modern polymerise chain r...

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Autores principales: Yip, Kawai, Gosling, Roly D, Jones, Victoria, Hosein, Ian K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2827145/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181146
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-6335