Severe acute tonsillitis caused by Rothia dentocariosa in a healthy child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 466-467

  Ohashi, Masahiro ^a,d   Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a   Akimoto, Shiho ^a   Fujita, Ayano ^a   Hayakawa, Satoshi ^b   Takahashi, Motohide ^c   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^c   Asano, Yoshizo ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d Kariya General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Membrane formation; Rothia dentocariosa; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHIA DENTOCARIOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ACUTE DISEASE; AMPICILLIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18644362122     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000160958.26544.38     Document Type: Article

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