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Descriptor
English
:
Meningitis, Escherichia coli
Descriptor
Spanish
:
meningitis por Escherichia coli
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Meningite devida a Escherichia coli
Synonyms
English
:
Escherichia coli Meningitides
Escherichia coli Meningitis
Meningitides, Escherichia coli
Tree Number:
C01.252.200.500.400
C01.252.400.310.330.500
C10.228.228.180.500.350
C10.228.614.280.350
Definition
English
:
A form of gram-negative
meningitis
that tends to occur in neonates, in
association
with anatomical abnormalities (which feature
communication
between the
meninges
and cutaneous structures) or as
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS
in
association
with
IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES
. In premature neonates the clinical presentation may be limited to
ANOREXIA
;
VOMITING
;
lethargy
; or respiratory distress. Full-term
infants
may have as additional features FEVER;
SEIZURES
; and bulging of the anterior fontanelle. (From Menkes,
Textbook
of Child
Neurology
, 5th ed, pp398-400)
History Note
English
:
2000
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DG
diagnostic imaging
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
34161
Unique Identifier:
D020814
Occurrence in VHL
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