Ventricular empyema presenting as a complication of pneumococcal meningitis in a toddler

Ventricular empyema presenting as a complication of pneumococcal meningitis in a toddler

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen in the pediatric population causing life-threatening infections ranging from pneumonia and meningitis to sepsis, and it is now a vaccine-preventable infection. Recently, pneumococcus is emerging as a cause of multidrug-resistant infection, resistant to ≥3...

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Main Authors: Parthasarathi Muthusamy, Madhumitha Chellappan Subramaniam, Ayyammal Palaniappan, Ponnusamy Shanmugam, Balasenthilkumaran Meda Rabindranath, Balavinoth Ramakrishnan, Ramakrishnan Tirupur Chinnappan Ramalingam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Critical Care
Subjects:
meningitis
pneumococcal vaccination
pneumococcus
ventricular empyema
Online Access:http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2023;volume=10;issue=4;spage=174;epage=176;aulast=Muthusamy

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