Primary Streptococcus pneumoniae appendicitis in a child: Case report and review

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-284

  Miron, Dan ^a,b   Dashkovsky, Igor ^a   Zuker, Miriam ^a   Szvalb, Sergio ^a,b   Cozacov, Carlos ^a  

^a Rebecca Sieff Government Hospital   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Child; Peritonitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VOMITING;

EID: 0037347333     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000054021.39118.d2     Document Type: Article

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