Moraxella catarrhalis bacteremia: A 10-year experience

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1071-1074

  Abuhammour, Walid M ^a,b   Abdel Haq, Nahed M ^a   Asmar, Basim I ^a   Dajani, Adnan S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OTITIS MEDIA; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032695588     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199911000-00005     Document Type: Article

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