Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (Flavobacterium meningosepticum) - A report of five cases in a local hospital

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 858-860

  Lim, L C ^a,b   Low, J A ^b   Chan, K M ^b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (Singapore)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Nosocomial infection; Organism; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0033400292     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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