title: Medical emergency long after an automobile accident.
abstract: A 38-year-old-woman was brought to the hospital by her distraught husband, who had found her difficult to arouse from a nap. On arrival, she was lethargic and unresponsive. Her husband said that she had been feeling ill for three to four weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Masi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matfin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002921:Cicatrix; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013156:Splenectomy; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents