Community-acquired adult Escherichia coli meningitis leading to diagnosis of unrecognized retropharyngeal abscess and cervical spondylodiscitis: a case report

BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli is a rare cause of community-acquired meningitis in adults unless predisposing factors are present (e.g., previous penetrating cranio-cerebral injury or neurosurgery, immunosuppression, chronic alcoholism, history of cancer, diabetes mellitus, advanced age). CASE PRESENT...

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Autores principales: Kohlmann, Rebekka, Nefedev, Andrey, Kaase, Martin, Gatermann, Sören G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26654107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1310-4

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