Catheter-related Streptococcus equisimilis bacteremia in a four-month- old infant with congenital cytomegalovirus infection

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 910-911

  Obando, Ignacio ^a,b   García Navarrete, Africa ^a   Moreno, Maria Jose ^a   Chileme, Adriana ^a  

^a Especialidad en Oftalmología Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía Vélez Málaga Málaga   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Catheter related; Congenital cytomegalovirus; Group C streptococci; Streptococcus equisimilis

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0343907352     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199709000-00019     Document Type: Article

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