Group A streptococcal subdural empyema as a complication of varicella

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Ulloa Gutierrez, Rolando ^a,b   Dobson, Simon ^a   Forbes, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial complications; Invasive disease; Meningitis; Streptococcus pyogenes; Subdural empyema; Varicella; Varicella vaccine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LETHARGY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHICKENPOX; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 16844384252     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1336     Document Type: Article

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