A Soldier with Traumatic Brain Injury and Meningitis

A case study of a 24-year-old US soldier with traumatic brain injury and meningitis is presented. He was operated on emergently at the Combat Support Hospital in Iraq to perform craniectomy, hematoma evacuation, ventriculostomy with external drainage, and tracheostomy. The patient required frontal a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2005-12, Vol.41 (11), p.1604-1605
1. Verfasser:	Mackowiak, Philip A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acinetobacter Infections - complications Acinetobacter Infections - diagnosis Acinetobacter Infections - drug therapy Adult Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacteria Biological and medical sciences Brain Injuries - complications Case studies Humans Infections Infectious diseases Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents Male Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Meningitis, Bacterial - complications Meningitis, Bacterial - drug therapy Meningitis, Bacterial - microbiology Microbiology Military Personnel Organisms Photo Quiz Soldiers Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Traumatic brain injury
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