Catheter-associated infection with a vancomycin-resistant gram-positive coccus of the leuconostoc sp.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 519-520

  Hardy, Stephen ^a,b   Ruoff, Kathryn L ^a,b   Catlin, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Santos, Jose Ignacio ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE;

APNEA; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LEUCONOSTOC; SEPTICEMIA; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0023736801     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-198807000-00018     Document Type: Article

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