Fulminant Bacterial Meningitis Complicating Sphenoid Sinusitis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 415-417

  Saitoh, Akihiko ^a   Beall, Bernard ^b   Nizet, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Sinusitis; Sphenoid sinus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SINUSITIS; SPHENOID SINUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0347354705     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000101584.65509.4b     Document Type: Article

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