Neonatal listeriosis in Algeria: The first two cases

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-111

  Ramdani Bouguessa, N ^a   Rahal, K ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Beni Messous Algiers   (Algeria)

^b Institut Pasteur d'Algerie   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ALGERIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPING; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0034143212     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00016-3.x     Document Type: Article

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