Staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome complicating wound infection in a preterm infant with postoperative chylothorax

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3057-3059

  Peters, Bjoern ^a   Hentschel, Juliane ^a   Mau, Harald ^a   Halle, Elke ^a   Witte, Wolfgang ^b   Obladen, Michael ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031656423     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.10.3057-3059.1998     Document Type: Article

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