Community acquired fulminant Pseudomonas infection of the gastrointestinal tract in previously healthy infants

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 584-587

  Yeung, C K ^a,b   Lee, K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ecthyma gangrenosum; Pseudomonas aeruginosa gastrointestinal infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; NECROSIS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032445506     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.1998.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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