Lemierre-like syndrome caused by community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus complicated by hemorrhagic pericarditis

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Hoehn, K Sarah ^a   Capouya, Jared D ^a,d   Daum, Robert S ^a   Glikman, Daniel ^a,e   Gossett, Jeffrey G ^b   Hafzalah, Mina ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^a,c   Marcinak, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Mary Bridge Children's Hospital   (United States)

^e WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Clindamycin; Methicillin resistant; Pericarditis; Staphylococcus aureus; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOBUTAMINE; ENOXAPARIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METICILLIN; NORADRENALIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECREASED APPETITE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HEART TAMPONADE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; IRRITABILITY; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NECK PAIN; OLIGURIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMOPERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TORTICOLLIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 77952297991     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181b806cb     Document Type: Article

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