Fulminant fusobacterium necrophorum meningitis in an immunocompetent adolescent

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 703-704

  Angelino, Giulia ^a,b   Cantarutti, Nicoletta ^a,b   Chiurchiù, Sara ^a,b   Amodio, Donato ^a,b   De Luca, Maia ^a,b   Lancella, Laura ^a   Coltella, Luana ^a   Russo, Cristina ^a   Finocchi, Andrea ^a,b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Meningitis; Otitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM MENINGITIS; HEADACHE; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OTALGIA; OTITIS MEDIA; OTORRHEA; STIFF NECK;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METRONIDAZOLE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE;

EID: 84864545642     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31825d23fb     Document Type: Article

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