Group B streptococcal bacteremia in adults

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-212

  Horgan, Mary ^a   Edwards, Morven ^b   Dunagan, W C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Baylor College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0029995530     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199603000-00018     Document Type: Article

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