Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis of the odontoid process in a child with torticollis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 669-671

  Nolting, Laura ^a   Singer, Jonathan ^a   Hackett, Russell ^a   Kleiner, Laurence ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neck stiffness; odontoid process; osteomyelitis; torticollis

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; IBUPROFEN;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOGENOUS OSTEOMYELITIS; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK PAIN; NOSE CONGESTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; ODONTOID PROCESS OSTEOMYELITIS; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHINORRHEA; SPINE MOBILITY; SPLINTING; SPONDYLITIS; TORTICOLLIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOMYELITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 77957354881     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181f054c6     Document Type: Article

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