Report of 24 cases of listeria monocytogenes infection at the University of Miami Medical Center

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Qayyum, Qaisar J ^a   Scerpella, Ernesto G ^a   Moreno, José N ^a   Fischl, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human listeriosis; Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria monocytogenes epidemiology; Listeria monocytogenes in HIV infection; Neonatal listeriosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOSPITALS, MUNICIPAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031175299     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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