Infantile orbital abscess caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 181-183

  Chung, Wen Chia ^a   Lin, Hung Jung ^a,b   Foo, Ning Ping ^a   Chen, Kuo Tai ^a,c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TAINAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Infant; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Orbital abscess; Surgery

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; EPIPHORA; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; ORBIT ABSCESS; ORBIT INFECTION; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84863006857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18695760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12348-011-0030-1     Document Type: Article

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