Meningococcal meningitis during penicillin therapy for meningococcemia

Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Dec;25(6):1479. doi: 10.1086/516994.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / drug therapy*
  • Cefotaxime / therapeutic use
  • Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Meningitis, Meningococcal / etiology*
  • Penicillin Resistance
  • Penicillins / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Cephalosporins
  • Penicillins
  • Cefotaxime