Successful Treatment of Stomatococcus mucttaglnosus Meningitis with Intravenous Vancomycin and Intravenous Ceftriaxone

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 278-

  Park, Matthew K ^a   Khan, Javed ^a   Stock, Frida ^a   Lucey, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MENINGITIS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHIA;

EID: 0031048437     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.2.278     Document Type: Article

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