Neonatal sepsis caused simultaneously by two serotypes of group B Streptococcus

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-393

  Fernandez, Marisol ^a   Rench, Marcia A ^a   Baker, Carol J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TACHYPNEA;

EID: 0032911249     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199904000-00022     Document Type: Article

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