Diseases

Escherichia coli Meningitis

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)

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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)

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  • Meningitis, Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli Meningitides
  • Meningitides, Escherichia coli

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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  • Meningitis, Bacterial (1966-1999)

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  1. C01w.150.252w.223.500.350
  2. C01w.150.252w.400w.310.330.500
  3. C01w.207w.180.500.350
  4. C10w.228w.228w.180.500.350
  5. C10w.586.625w.280.350

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Escherichia coli Meningitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020814. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020814
  2. Escherichia coli Meningitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18966842