Meningococcal osteomyelitis in a premature infant

Annali Italiani di Medicina Interna

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-282

  Cigni, Alessandro ^a   Cossellu, Sebastiana ^b   Porcu, Andrea ^a   Piga, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Centrale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrier; Hematogenous osteomyelitis; Neisseria meningitidis; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREMATURITY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 14544291136     PISSN: 03939340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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