Clostridial bacteremia during the first year of life: An analysis of 53 patients including two new cases

Anaerobe

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Caya, James G ^a   Truant, Allan L ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridial bacteremia; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 0034112617     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0313     Document Type: Article

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