Subdural empyema secondary to sinus infection in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Osman Farah, Jibril ^b   Kandasamy, Jothy ^b   May, Paul ^b   Buxton, Neil ^a   Mallucci, Conor ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antral wash out; Cerebral abscess; Craniotomy; Sinusitis; Subdural empyema

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PHENYTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; DRAINAGE; EMPYEMA, SUBDURAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58049162498     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0665-x     Document Type: Article

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