M Centeno, F Rivera, L Cerva, V Tsutsumi, E Gallegos, A Calderón, R Ortiz, P Bonilla, E Ramírez, G Suárez
Meningoencephalitis and bronchopneumonia were documented in a patient from Peubla, Mexico. The patient began with symptoms and signs of a common flu and 12 days after the onset of his disease he was admitted to the hospital presenting symptoms and signs of meningoencephalitis. The clinical course evolved into an endocraneal hypertension syndrome with bronchopneumonia, coma and death. Wide-spectrum antibiotics, immunosuppressive and anti-tuberculosis therapy were unsuccessfully administered. Important antecedents were degree I malnutrition and repeated contact with polluted water...
1996: Archives of Medical Research