European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 140-142 , March 2008

Pneumocephalus as a complication of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis

  • P. Sreejith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kottayam Medical College, South India-686008
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  • V. Vishad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kottayam Medical College, South India-686008
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  • Joseph M. Pappachan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kottayam Medical College, South India-686008
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 94474 32633.
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  • D.C. Laly

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kottayam Medical College, South India-686008
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  • R. Jayaprakash

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Kottayam Medical College, South India-686008
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  • V.T. Ranjith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kottayam Medical College, South India

Received 20 December 2006 ,Revised 7 March 2007 ,Accepted 9 March 2007.

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☆ Declaration: There is no grant support for this work and there are no conflicts of interests among the authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.03.021

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 140-142 , March 2008

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