Thymic abscess caused by methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-97

  Immergluck, Lilly Cheng ^a,c   Ben Ami, Tamar ^b   Herold, Betsy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Thymic abscess

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NAFCILLIN;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS DISEASE;

ABSCESS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030045429     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199601000-00025     Document Type: Article

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