Pediatric Case Report of Chronic Colitis Associated With an Unusual Serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 357-358

  Shields, Thomas Matthew ^a   Chen, Kathy D ^a   Gould, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

pneumococcus, colitis, serotype 17F

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; HEMOGLOBIN; MESALAZINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES CULTURE; GIARDIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; RECTUM BIOPSY; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SHIGELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84866543729     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: 15369943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e318248f122     Document Type: Article

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