Neisseria subflava Septicemia and Meningitis

International Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-102

  Abuhammour, Walid M ^a   Assefa, Dagnachew ^b   Asmar, Basim I ^d   Brown, William J ^c  

^a HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neisseria subflava; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCOSA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA SUBFLAVA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 1642513435     PISSN: 08856265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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