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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 8/2003

01-08-2003 | Brief Report

High Incidence of Gram-Negative Bacillary Infection and High Mortality in Adult Patients with Bacterial Meningitis and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Authors: C. R. Huang, C. H. Lu, C. C. Chien, P. Y. Lee, W. N. Chang

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 8/2003

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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a relatively rare neoplasm in most parts of the world. In two large-series studies of adult bacterial meningitis in Western populations, NPC was not mentioned as an underlying condition [1, 2]. Although the incidence of NPC is relatively high in Taiwan [3], there is limited data on the incidence of NPC in patients with bacterial meningitis in this country [4, 5]. Moreover, the clinical characteristics of bacterial meningitis in adult NPC patients have rarely been reported in the literature [6, 7, 8]. Thus, we conducted the present study to retrospectively determine the incidence of NPC among adult patients with bacterial meningitis at our hospital in Taiwan and to document the characteristics of these cases. …
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Metadata
Title
High Incidence of Gram-Negative Bacillary Infection and High Mortality in Adult Patients with Bacterial Meningitis and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Authors
C. R. Huang
C. H. Lu
C. C. Chien
P. Y. Lee
W. N. Chang
Publication date
01-08-2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 8/2003
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-003-0965-8

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