Infected abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae diagnosed using polymerase chain reaction

We report the case of a 55-year-old man who initially visited the emergency department of our hospital owing to fever, headache, and neck stiffness. He was diagnosed with meningitis because cerebrospinal fluid culture was positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae. After intravenous antibiotic treatment,...

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Autores principales: Hatori, Kyohei, Ohki, Satoshi, Miki, Takao, Hirai, Hanako, Yasuhara, Kiyomitsu, Obayashi, Tamiyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4572041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26943412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-015-0085-6

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