Two cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia due to Streptococcus pyogenes;Deux cas de pleuro-pneumopathies communautaires graves à Streptococcus pyogenes

Presse Medicale

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 839-842

  Gantier, Florence ^a   Lherm, Thierry ^a   Nougiere, Bruno ^a   Larbi, Daho ^a   Legall, Christian ^a   Malbrunot, Claire ^a   Caen, Daniel ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER SUD FRANCILIEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0038104995     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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