Group A streptococcal septicemia, meningitis and cerebral abscess: Case report and literature review

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-183

  Paul, Siba Prosad ^a   Jerwood, Susie ^a  

^a ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral abscess; Group A streptococcus; Meningitis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SEPTICEMIA; TACHYCARDIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84863458147     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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