Haemophilus influenzae type f sepsis in an immunocompetent child

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 244-246

  Kannikeswaran, Nirupama ^a   Sethuraman, Usha ^a   Kamat, Deepak ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; H. influenzae; Meningitis; Sepsis; Serotype f

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE F; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHINORRHEA; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; URINE CULTURE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT;

EID: 34247261115     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31803f5a94     Document Type: Article

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