Early onset of neonatal Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia and septic arthritis

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 579-581

  Sakran, Waheeb ^a,c   Valinsky, Lea ^b   Koren, Ariel ^a,c   Bor, Noam ^d   Yishai, Ruth ^b   Colodner, Raul ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Ministry of Health Central Laboratories   (Israel)

^c HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d Pediatric Orthopedic Unit

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; UREA;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINE CULTURE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242687061     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280404300613     Document Type: Article

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