Pasteurella multocida meningitis and cervical spine osteomyelitis in a neonate

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1063-1065

  Hirsh, Denton ^a   Farrell, Kevin ^a   Reilly, Chris ^a   Dobson, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neonate; Osteomyelitis; Pasteurella multocida; Spine

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; NASOPHARYNX; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RHINORRHEA; TORTICOLLIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; DRUG COMBINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; OSTEOMYELITIS; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16544379727     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000143658.74006.d0     Document Type: Article

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