Bacillus cereus cerebral abscesses in a term neonate with Rhesus hemolytic disease treated with exchange transfusion

Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-280

  Smits Wintjens, Vivianne E H J ^a   Steggerda, Sylke J ^a   Oepkes, Dick ^a   Van Kamp, Inge L ^a   Kramer, Christine M ^b   Walther, Frans J ^a   Lopriore, Enrico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; brain abscess; exchange transfusion; Rh isoimmunization

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEROPENEM; PHENOBARBITAL; PLACEBO; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL VEIN; VEIN CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 78650348575     PISSN: 13057707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPI-2010-0251     Document Type: Article

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