Clinical behavior of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningoencephalitis Comportamiento clinico y terapéutico de la meningoencefalitis por Streptococcus pneumoniae

OBJECTIVE: There was an increased number of cases of meningoencephalitis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, after the successful vaccination campaigns against Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae. This paper aims at describing the clinical characteristics, the laboratory findings, the...

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Main Authors: Raisa Bu-Coifiu Fanego, Alberto J. Dorta-Contreras, Bárbara Padilla-Docal, Martha O' Farril-Sanchez, Isabel Lopez-Hernandez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2009-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2009000600012
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