Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus mitis as a cause of septicemia with meningitis in febrile neutropenic children

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1970
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Physicians caring for patients who are neutropenic and febrile need to be aware of the risk of meningitis occurring with S. mitis sepsis. Early treatment with high dosages of vancomycin (60 mg/kg/day) and an attempt to limit the duration of neutropenia are important factors in the outcome of such pa ā€¦
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Authors Balkundi DR;Murray DL;Patterson MJ;Gera R;Scott-Emuakpor A;Kulkarni R;;
Journal journal of pediatric hematology/oncology
Year 1970
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9065725
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine female male case reports Child meningitis neutropenia / complications* bacterial / drug therapy bacterial / etiology* penicillin resistance streptococcus / isolation & purification* streptococcal infections / drug therapy bacteremia / drug therapy bacteremia / etiology* streptococcal infections / etiology* pmid:9065725 doi:10.1097/00043426-199701000-00013 d r balkundi d l murray r kulkarni burkitt lymphoma / blood burkitt lymphoma / complications* precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma / blood precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma / complications*

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