Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in an eleven-year-old

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Martinello, Richard A ^a,b   Teitelbaum, Jennifer ^d   Young, Eytan ^c   Hostetter, Margaret K ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c Section of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Common cavity defect; Congenital hearing loss; Haemophilus influenzae; Human; Meningitis; Temporal bone anomaly

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542409271     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200403000-00029     Document Type: Article

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