Penicillin-resistant Aerococcus viridans bacteremia in a child receiving prophylaxis for sickle-cell disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 387-388

  Swanson, Holly ^a   Cutts, Ethan ^a   Lepow, Martha ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030022026     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.2.387     Document Type: Article

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