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Adult pneumococcal meningitis presenting with normocellular cerebrospinal fluid: two case reports
INTRODUCTION: Normocellular bacterial meningitis is rarely observed in adult patients. We here report two cases of adult patients with pneumococcal meningitis with a normal cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte count and review eight other cases in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: Case 1 was a 34-year-old...
Autores principales: | Suzuki, Hiromichi, Tokuda, Yasuharu, Kurihara, Yoko, Suzuki, Masatsune, Nakamura, Hidenori |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917417/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24378083 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-7-294 |
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