Clinical review: Bacteremia caused by anaerobic bacteria in children

Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 205-211

  Brook, Itzhak ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Bacteremia; Bacteroides fragilis; Children; Clostridium sp.; Peptostreptoccus sp.

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; APPENDICITIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 0035998340     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc1490     Document Type: Review

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