Pneumococcal meningitis-associated pyogenic ventriculitis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
² Department of Neuroradiology, Carl Gustav Jarus University Hospital, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
³ Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: matthias.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de.

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Bianca Woehrl et al. J Infect. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;70(3):311-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2014.10.018. Epub 2014 Nov 6.

¹ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
² Department of Neuroradiology, Carl Gustav Jarus University Hospital, University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
³ Department of Neuroradiology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt, Germany.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: matthias.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de.

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Keywords: Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging; Pneumococcal meningitis; Pyogenic ventriculitis; S. pneumoniae.

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