Arcanobacterium haemolyticum sinusitis and orbital cellulitis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 465-467

  Limjoco Antonio, Antonietta D ^a   Janda, William M ^a,b   Schreckenberger, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium sinusitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ETHMOID SINUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAXILLARY SINUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0037910158     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000068210.37731.d4     Document Type: Article

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