Isolation of Staphylococcus caprae from blood cultures of a neonate with congenital heart disease [1]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-62

  Spellerberg, B ^a   Steidel, K ^b   Lutticken R ^a   Haase, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031918982     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01584369     Document Type: Letter

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