Posterior mediastinal abscess caused by invasive group A Streptococcus infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 547-549

  Conway, James H ^a,b   Nyquist, Ann Christine ^a   Goldson, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A Streptococcus; mediastinal abscess; retropharyngeal abscess

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG DISEASES; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029941034     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199606000-00018     Document Type: Article

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