Pyomyositis: A fatal case in a healthy teenager

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 375-377

  Evans, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Ewald, Michele Burns ^c  

^a MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle abscess; Myositis; Pyomyositis; Sepsis; Skeletal muscle infection

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; MYOSITIS; PYOMYOSITIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TROPICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARM; BACTEREMIA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MYOSITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 20544442739     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000166728.86094.c9     Document Type: Article

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