Staphylococcus xylosus isolated from an otogenic brain abscess in an adolescent

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 559-561

  Akhaddar, Ali ^a   Elouennass, Mostafa ^a   Naama, Okacha ^a   Boucetta, Mohammed ^a  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTOIDECTOMY; MASTOIDITIS; MENINGISM; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOMITING; WOUND DRAINAGE; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; OTITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78049298037     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.010     Document Type: Letter

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