Group B streptococcus bacteremia in nonpregnant adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-216

  Muñoz, Patricia ^a   Llancaqueo, Alvaro ^a,b   Rodríguez Créixems, Maria ^a   Peláez, Teresa ^a   Martin, Luisa ^a   Bouza, Emilio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Hospital Las Higueras   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 1842408999     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.2.213     Document Type: Article

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