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Unexpected pathogen presenting with purulent meningitis

Herein we report a case of a 67-year-old man with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia who developed acute onset of fever and altered mental status while receiving ibrutinib therapy. He was eventually found to have Capnocytophaga canimorsus meningitis. Timely diagnosis and appropriate antimicrobial therapy...

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Publicado en:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Bering, Jamie, Hartmann, Carlos, Asbury, Kara, Vikram, Holenarasipur R
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7101038/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32193175
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-231825
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