Acinetobacter sepsis in newborns

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Mishra, Asit ^a,c   Mishra, Sudhir ^a   Jaganath, Geetha ^a   Mittal, Raj K ^b   Gupta, P K ^a   Patra, D P ^a  

^a Microbiology Section   (India)

^b TATA MAIN HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Neonate; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031623278     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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