Pneumonia and empyema caused by penicillin-resistant Neisseria meningitidis: A case report and literature review

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Glikman, Daniel ^a,c   Matushek, Scott M ^b   Kahana, Madelyn D ^a   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Section of Pediatric Endocrinology   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Neisseria meningitidis; Penicillin resistance; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA;

ADOLESCENT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 33646846428     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1994     Document Type: Review

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