Fatal necrotizing pneumonia caused by group A streptococcus

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 69-71

  Cengiz, A B ^a   Kanra, G ^a   Caglar M ^a   Kara, A ^a   Gucer S ^a   Ince, T ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Group A streptococcus; Invasive group A streptococcus infection; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INFUSION FLUID; SULBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FATAL NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CULTURE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MICROSCOPY; NECROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SOLID; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACOCENTESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; NECROSIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 1542407386     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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