Postoperative pneumococcal cellulitis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-143

  Page, Kathleen R ^a,c   Karakousis, Petros C ^a,c   Maslow, Joel N ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN G; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NECK DISSECTION; PANCREATITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELLULITIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037237776     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000027002     Document Type: Article

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