Linezolid therapy for pediatric thoracic spondylodiscitis due to Staphylococcus aureus sepsis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Krzysztofiak, Andrzej ^a   Pagnotta, Gaetano ^a   Lancella, Laura ^a   Bozzola, Elena ^a   La Rosa, Guido ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linezolid; Pediatric sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus; Thoracic spondylodiscitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KYPHOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXAZOLIDINONES; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77957330434     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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