Acute necrotizing sinusitis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2740-2742

  Matthews, Philippa C ^a   Lazarus, Rajeka ^a   Protheroe, Andrew ^b   Milford, Christopher ^a   Bowler, Ian C J W ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICALUTAMIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GADOLINIUM; GENTAMICIN; GOSERELIN; MITOXANTRONE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACUTE NECROTIZING SINUSITIS; ACUTE SINUSITIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY; FACE EDEMA; FUNGAL SINUSITIS; GLEASON SCORE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; METASTASIS; MOUTH EDEMA; MUCORMYCOSIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASAL BIOPSY; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT CELLULITIS; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VESICULAR RASH;

AGED; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 79959823116     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00722-11     Document Type: Article

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