Sepsis and multiple brain abscesses caused by Salmonella paratyphi B in an infant: Successful treatment with sulbactam-ampicillin and surgical drainage

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-87

  Yildiran, Alişan ^a   Siga, Esat ^a   Baykal, Süleyman ^a   Ökten, Ayşenur ^a  

^a Technical University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abscess; Salmonella; Sulbactam ampicillin

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOGENESIS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PENICILLINS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SEPSIS; SULBACTAM;

EID: 0035117517     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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