Rare Elizabethkingia meningosepticum meningitis case in an immunocompetent adult

Though Elizabethkingia meningosepticum typically causes meningitis in neonates, its occurrence in adult is rare, with sixteen cases described worldwide. We report a case of E. meningosepticum meningitis in an immunocompetent adult. Bacterial identification was made a day earlier than conventional me...

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Autores principales: Hayek, Salim S, Abd, Thura T, Cribbs, Sushma K, Anderson, Albert M, Melendez, Andre, Kobayashi, Miwako, Polito, Carmen, (Wayne) Wang, Yun F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26038458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2013.16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26038458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2013.16

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