Pneumococcal-meningitis associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) – case report of effective early immunotherapy

INTRODUCTION: Unvaccinated patients with history of splenectomy are prone to fulminant courses of Streptococcus pneumoniae-associated bacterial meningitis. Besides direct brain damage those patients may additionally suffer from parainfectious syndromes, notably vasculitis and acute disseminated ence...

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Autores principales: Huhn, Konstantin, Lee, De-Hyung, Linker, Ralf A, Kloska, Stephan, Huttner, Hagen B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25140291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-415

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25140291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-415

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