Transverse myelitis: Unusual sequelae of neonatal group B streptococcus disease

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 580-581

  Schimmel, Michael S ^a   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a   Berger, Itai ^a   Steinberg, Avraham ^a   Eidelman, Arthur I ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; DOPAMINE; LIDOCAINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MYELITIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PARAPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0036772940     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7210777     Document Type: Article

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