Pneumococcal Osteomyelitis: Report of One Case

Acute osteomyelitis is uncommon in pediatric patients, affecting one in five thousand children younger than the age of thirteen. Bone infection caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is extremely rare, accounting for only 1.3% of acute osteomyelitis in children. We report a case of penicillin-resistant...

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Main Authors: W. Luke Huang, Tse-Ming Wu, Chin-Kung Yu, Yung-Long Cheng, Chun Lien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-12-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957209600206
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