Brain abscess caused by streptococcus pyogenes in a previously healthy child

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4613-4615

  Dehority, Walter ^a,c   Uchiyama, Satoshi ^a   Khosravi, Arya ^a   Nizet, Victor ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CALIFORNIA; DEXAMETHASONE; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THIENAMYCINS; VANCOMYCIN;

STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 33845573345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01724-06     Document Type: Review

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