Extraintestinal Escherichia coli isolations from SIDS cases and other cases of sudden death in Victoria, Australia

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Pearce, Jane L ^a   Luke, Richard K J ^a   Bettelheim, Karl A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Escherichia coli; Extraintestinal infection; Hemolysin; Lung culture; Serogroup

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION; LUNG; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SUDDEN DEATH; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG; MALE; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 0033046024     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(99)00082-6     Document Type: Article

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