Septic arthritis and osteomyelitis caused by penicillin and cephalosporin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a children's hospital

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-83

  Abbasi, Seema ^a,b,c   Orlicek, Shari L ^a,b,c   Almohsen, Ibrahim ^a,b,c   Luedtke, Gary ^a   Keith English, B ^a,b,c  

^a LE BONHEUR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistant streptococcus pneumoniae; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NAFCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V POTASSIUM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030052496     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199601000-00017     Document Type: Article

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