Outbreak of neonatal meningitis caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Worthington

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 268-270

  Ghadage, Dnyaneshwari ^a   Bal, Abhijit ^a,b  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Radheya Apartments   (India)

Author keywords

Multidrug resistance; Neonatal meningitis; Worthington

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROTYPE WORTHINGTON; SEROTYPE;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0242474259     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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