Neonatal sepsis caused by Streptococcus bovis variant (biotype 11/2): Report of a case and review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3433-3435

  Gavin, Patrick J ^a,b,c   Thomson Jr , Richard B ^b,c   Horng, Show Jen ^c   Yogev, Ram ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Evanston Northwestern Healthcare ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; PENICILLIN G;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOTYPE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CYANOSIS; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INFUSION; GRAM STAINING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 0037480711     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3433-3435.2003     Document Type: Article

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