Fatal early onset infection in an extremely low birth weight infant due to Morganella morganii

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 533-535

  Ranu, Sukhvinder S ^a   Valencia, Gloria B ^a   Piecuch, Steve ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEWBORN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0033202014     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7200230     Document Type: Article

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