Unusual soft tissue manifestations of Neisseria meningitidis infections

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-403

  Gupta, Ruchi ^a   Levent, Fatma ^b   Healy, C Mary ^b   Edwards, Morven S ^b  

^a DRISCOLL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Neisseria meningitidis; Thyroglossal duct cyst

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; THYROGLOSSAL CYST;

EID: 42049117613     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922807310248     Document Type: Article

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