Pneumococcal meningitis with normal cerebrospinal biochemistry and no pneumococci at microscopy, mimicking a stroke: a case report

BACKGROUND: Bacterial meningitis commonly presents with symptoms such as headache, impaired consciousness, neck stiffness, and fever. In most cases, cerebrospinal fluid analysis will yield white cell counts >100/mm(3). Atypical presentations occur, especially in the very young or very elderly and...

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Autores principales: Ertner, Gideon, Christensen, Jeppe Romme, Brandt, Christian T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5461735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1287-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5461735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28592301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1287-2

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