Leuconostoc bacteremia in a healthy infant

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-86

  Casanova Roman M ^a,c   Rios, J ^a   Sanchez Porto A ^a   Gomar, J L ^a   Casanova Bellido, M ^b  

^a Hospital of La Linea   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Leuconostoc, diagnosis; Leuconostoc, drug therapy

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SALBUTAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT FEEDING; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; LEUCONOSTOC; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; URINALYSIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFOTAXIME; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUCONOSTOC;

EID: 0037652334     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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