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Spinal cord dysfunction complicating meningococcal meningitis.

Abstract

A 29 year old male developed paraplegia during the acute phase of meningococcal meningitis. Possible mechanisms for this unusual complication are discussed and the literature regarding spinal cord complications of pyogenic meningitis is reviewed.

Entities: Disease

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Year: 1990 PMID： 2385554 PMCID： PMC2429409 DOI： 10.1136/pgmj.66.774.302

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Postgrad Med J ISSN： 0032-5473 Impact factor: 2.401

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Authors: P R DODGE; M N SWARTZ
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 1965-05-06 Impact factor: 91.245

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Authors: M Gado; J Axley; D B Appleton; A L Prensky
Journal: Radiology Date: 1974-02 Impact factor: 11.105

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Authors: R A Gotshall
Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 1972-04-20 Impact factor: 91.245

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Authors: A L DeSousa; M B Kleiman; J Mealey
Journal: J Pediatr Date: 1978-08 Impact factor: 4.406

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Authors: G G Glista; T D Sullivan; J Brumlik
Journal: JAMA Date: 1980-04-04 Impact factor: 56.272

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Authors: F Graus; T Arbizu; G Ruyfí
Journal: Arch Neurol Date: 1981-09

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Authors: A R Seay
Journal: Arch Neurol Date: 1984-05

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Authors: Y Tal; J U Crichton; H G Dunn; C L Dolman
Journal: Acta Paediatr Scand Date: 1980-07

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Authors: M Igarashi; R C Gilmartin; B Gerald; F Wilburn; J T Jabbour
Journal: Arch Neurol Date: 1984-05