Pyomyositis of the M. quadriceps femoris in an 8-month-old boy following pneumococcal meningitis;Een 8 maanden oude jongen met een pyomyositis van de M. quadriceps femoris volgend op een pneumokokkenmeningitis

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 149, Issue 40, 2005, Pages 2228-2231

  Berg, R P ^a   Smets, A M J B ^a   Bosman, D K ^a,b   Besselaar, P P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYOMYOSITIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSITIS;

EID: 26244438426     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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