Acute group A streptococcal mastoiditis complicated by pneumocephaly in a previously healthy adult

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 719-721

  Laupland, Kevin B ^a   Bosch, J Douglas ^b  

^a Departments of Medicine

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IBUPROFEN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RAMIPRIL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARDRUM DISEASE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALAISE; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NECK PAIN; OTALGIA; OTOSCOPY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; RIGOR; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TRISMUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33746582707     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500452655     Document Type: Article

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