Leuconostoc spp. septicaemia in a child with short bowel syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 310-311

  Monsen, Tor ^a   Granlund, Margareta ^a   Olofsson, Karin ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; LEUCONOSTOC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SHORT BOWEL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030741545     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709019050     Document Type: Article

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