Infections due to lancefield group G streptococci

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 75-88

  Vartian, Carl ^a,b,c   Lerner, Phillip I ^a,b   Shlaes, David M ^a,b   Gopalakrishna, K V ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NAFCILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CANCER; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEART; HUMAN; JOINT; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL FEVER; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP G; THERAPY;

ABORTION, SEPTIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0022002036     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-198503000-00001     Document Type: Article

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