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Delayed cerebral thrombosis complicating pneumococcal meningitis: an autopsy study

BACKGROUND: Delayed cerebral thrombosis (DCT) is a devastating cerebrovascular complication in patients with excellent initial recovery of pneumococcal meningitis. The aetiology is unknown, but direct bacterial invasion, activation of coagulation or post-infectious immunoglobulin deposition has been...

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Autores principales: Engelen-Lee, Joo-Yeon, Brouwer, Matthijs C., Aronica, Eleonora, van de Beek, Diederik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5807251/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29427117
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13613-018-0368-8