Recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in a child with traumatic anterior cranial base defect

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-93

  Kendirli, Tanil ^a,b   Ünay, Bülent ^a   Tosun, Fuat ^a   Hacihamdioǧlu, Bülent ^a   Akin, Ridvan ^a   Özkaptan, Yalçin ^a   Gökçay, Erdal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Kazim Orbay Mahallesi ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomic sinus defect; Recurrent meningitis; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ETHMOID SINUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKULL BASE; SKULL INJURY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; RECURRENCE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 33645230019     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02165.x     Document Type: Article

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