Invasive β-haemolytic streptococcal infections in a tertiary care hospital in northern India

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 791-792

  Mathur, P ^a   Kapil, A ^a   Das, B ^a   Dhawan, B ^a   Dwivedi, S N ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD VESSEL CATHETERIZATION; BODY FLUID; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036739790     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-9-791     Document Type: Letter

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