Suppurative intracranial complications of sinusitis in previously healthy children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 384-386

  Bair Merritt, Megan H ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^a,b   Zaoutis, Theoklis E ^a,b   Bell, Louis M ^a   Feudtner, Chris ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Children; Intracranial; Sinusitis; Streptococcus milleri group

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 17144384726     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000160589.40857.ad     Document Type: Article

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