Shigella bacteremia: A retrospective study

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 411-415

  Greenberg, David ^a   Marcu, Shai ^a   Melamed, Rimma ^a   Lifshitz, Matityahu ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037839900     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200504     Document Type: Article

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