Abiotrophia spp. brain abscess in a child with down's syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 760-763

  Michelow, Ian C ^a   McCracken Jr , George H ^a   Luckett, Peter M ^b   Krisher, Karen ^c,d  

^a Div of Pediat Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b Critical care medicine physician   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia; Brain abscess; Child; Nutritionally variant streptococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; MANNITOL; METRONIDAZOLE; NAFCILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABIOTROPHIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0033889954     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200008000-00020     Document Type: Article

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