Pathology of Yersinia enterocolitica meningitis.
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Pathology of Yersinia enterocolitica meningitis.
Yersinia enterocolitica, a gram negative aerobic non-haemolytic bacillus, has been identified as a cause of meningitis only once before and the neuropathological features of Y. enterocolitica meningitis have not been reported in the literature. We describe the pathological features of a case of acute fatal meningitis caused by Y. enterocolitica, serotype 0:18, in a 47-year-old male alcoholic wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.43.5.455