Group B streptococcal bacteraemia in the elderly

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 649-652

  Trivalle, C ^a,b   Martin, E ^a   Martel, P ^a   Jacque, B ^a   Menard, J F ^a   Lemeland, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031837093     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-47-7-649     Document Type: Article

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