Bordetella holmesii meningitis in A 12-year-old anorectic girl

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 421-422

  Van Balen, Tessa ^a   Nieman, An Emmie ^a   Hermans, Mirjam H A ^a   Schneeberger, Peter M ^a   De Vries, Esther ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bordetella holmesii; immunocompromised hosts; meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G;

ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA HOLMESII; BORDETELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANOREXIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84858800637     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318241cd70     Document Type: Article

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