Pneumococcal Meningitis in an Adolescent with Fever and Foot Ache

Invasive pneumococcal disease predominantly affects younger children, elderly, and immunocompromised patients. Pneumococcal meningitis is a particularly important form of presentation, considering its high rate of morbimortality. We present the case of a previously healthy 12-year-old adolescent mal...

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Autores principales: Dias, Catarina, Pedrosa, Cláudia, Romariz, Jorge, Santos, Mafalda, Rodrigues, Lúcia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/516746

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3728537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956909
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/516746

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