Ductus arteriosus aneurysm with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and spontaneous rupture: A potentially fatal quandary

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Stewart, Audra ^a   Dyamenahalli, Umesh ^a   Greenberg, S Bruce ^a   Drummond Webb, Jonathan ^b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Ductus arteriosus aneurysm; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BACTEREMIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33745323465     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0897     Document Type: Article

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