Subdural empyema in children - 20-Year experience in a medical center

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-67

  Wu, Tien Ju ^a,b   Chiu, Nan Chang ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Empyema, subdural; Meningitis; Otitis media; Sinusitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIA; CAUSALITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44849137890     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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