Community-acquired Escherichia coli meningitis with ventriculitis in an adult—a rare case report

Abstract Background Community-acquired gram-negative bacillary meningitis is rare to occur without preexisting conditions like trauma, organ dysfunction, and immunocompromised state, and very few case reports with Escherichia coli have been described in literature till now. Presence of ventriculitis...

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Main Authors: Rajesh Kasimahanti, Sai Kandraju Satish, Mridu Anand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-018-0332-6