Clinical Characteristics of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Meningoencephalitis after Transsphenoidal Surgery: Three Case Reports

We report three extremely rare cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningoencephalitis (SPM) after transsphenoidal surgery (TSS). Between 2004 and 2010, we experienced three cases of severe SPM after surgery out of 1,965 patients undergoing TSS (0.15%). The three cases included a 4-year-old boy with a...

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Autores principales: KOBAYASHI, Nobuyuki, FUKUHARA, Noriaki, FUKUI, Takahito, YAMAGUCHI-OKADA, Mitsuo, NISHIOKA, Hiroshi, YAMADA, Shozo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Neurosurgical Society 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418784
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.cr.2013-0008

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418784
http://dx.doi.org/10.2176/nmc.cr.2013-0008

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