Advanced pediatric mastoiditis with and without intracranial complications

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1610-1615

  Zevallos, Jose P ^a   Vrabec, Jeffrey T ^a   Williamson, Robert A ^a   Giannoni, Carla ^a   Larrier, Deidre ^a   Sulek, Marcelle ^a   Friedman, Ellen M ^a   Oghalai, John S ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic infection; Intracranial infection; Mastoiditis; Otitis media; Otogenic complications; Skull base surgery

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; GADOLINIUM CHELATE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MYRINGOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGMOID SINUS THROMBOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOID; MASTOIDITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OTOSCOPY; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849125559     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20259     Document Type: Article

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