Neonatal retroauricular cellulitis as an indicator of group B streptococcal bacteremia: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pérez Solís, David ^a   Díaz Martín, Juan José ^a   Surez Menéndez, Etelvina ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CELLULITIS; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPIRICISM; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEONATAL RETROAURICULAR CELLULITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SWELLING; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 76149115537     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-9334     Document Type: Article

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