Subacute orbital abscess in a four-year-old girl with a new kitten

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 844-846

  Gaebler, John W ^a   Burgett, Richard A ^a   Caldemeyer, Karen S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Orbital cellulitis; Osteomyelitis; The sphenoid

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORBITAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031697423     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199809000-00023     Document Type: Article

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