Complicating neonatal Escherichia coli meningitis conservative treatment of multiple subdural abscesses;Subdurale gekammerte abszesse nach neonataler Colimeningitis: Fallbericht über eine erfolgreiche konservative therapie

Zeitschrift fur Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-35

  Sonntag, J ^a   Kaczmarek, D ^a   Brinkmann, G ^a   Kammler, G ^b   Hellwege, H H ^b  

^a Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Escherichia coli meningitis; Neonate; Outcome; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEPSIS; SUBDURAL ABSCESS; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

AMIKACIN; BRAIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOSFOMYCIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; THIENAMYCINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642392025     PISSN: 09482393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-815521     Document Type: Article

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