Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus empyema necessitatis in an eight-month-old child

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1130-1131

  Stallworth, James ^a   Mack, Elizabeth ^a   Ozimek, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema necessitatis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Pleural effusion; Pneumonia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPYEMA NECESSITATIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 28844437903     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000182504.67855.3b     Document Type: Article

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