Group A streptococcal meningitis: Report of a case and review of literature since 1976

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 430-434

  Shetty, Avinash K ^a   Frankel, Lorry R ^a   Maldonado, Yvonne ^a   Falco, Daniel A ^a   Lewis, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Group A Streptococci; Infant; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0035686710     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200112000-00007     Document Type: Article

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