Tendon sheath abscess and severe carbamazepine hypersensitivity

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 462-463

  Khatami, Ameneh ^a,b   Singh Grewal, Davinder ^b   Kilham, Henry ^b  

^a Children's Hospital at Westmead ^*  (New Zealand)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine hypersensitivity; Corticosteroids; Enthesitis; Immunoglobulins; Staphylococcus aureus; Tendon abscess

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENTHESITIS; EPILEPSY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MOUTH ULCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; TENDON SHEATH; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

ABSCESS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TENDONS;

EID: 47349112315     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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