Small colony variant Staphylococcus aureus multiorgan infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-271

  Agarwal, Hemant ^a,b   Verrall, Rosemary ^a   Singh, Sudha P ^a   Tang, Yi Wei ^a   Wilson, Gregory ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Pyomyositis; Small colony variant Staphylococcus aureus; Spinal epidural abscess; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33847380220     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000256749.29244.67     Document Type: Article

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