A new twist on an old problem: A case of pediatric meningitis caused by multidrug-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-75

  Ciccotelli, William A ^a   Poutanen, Susan M ^b   Alqahtani, Manaf ^c   Morris, Shaun K ^d   Cox, Peter ^d   Low, Donald E ^b   Pillai, Dylan R ^b   Opavsky, Mary Anne ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; TELITHROMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE SEROTYPE 19A; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 61849093072     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818bfeb4     Document Type: Letter

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