Culture-negative intracerebral abscesses in children and adolescents from Streptococcus anginosus group infection: A case series

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1578-1580

  Petti, Cathy A ^a,b   Simmon, Keith E ^a   Bender, Jeffrey ^b   Blaschke, Anne ^b   Webster, Kathleen A ^c   Conneely, Mark F ^c   Schreckenberger, Paul C ^c   Origitano, Thomas C ^c   Challapalli, Malliswari ^c  

^a ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; RADIOGRAPHY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

EID: 43249119175     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587655     Document Type: Article

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