Group A streptococcal bacteraemia: Experience at a University Hospital in Riyadh

Journal of Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-100

  Al Mazrou, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHARYNGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SHOCK; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 0030939386     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)92338-0     Document Type: Article

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