Isolation pattern and clinical outcome of genital mycoplasma in neonates from a tertiary care neonatal unit

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-145

  Sethi, Sunil ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a,b   Narang, Anil ^b   Aggrawal, Pankaj B ^b  

^a Department of Madical Microbiolgy ^*  (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THERAPY; TRACHEA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 0033030421     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.3.143     Document Type: Article

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