Ochrobactrum anthropi meningitis in pediatric pericardial allograft transplant recipients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 656-660

  Chang, Huan J ^a   Christenson, John C ^c   Pavia, Andrew T ^c   Bobrin, Brad D ^c   Bland, A Lee ^b   Carson, Loretta A ^c   Arduino, Matthew J ^c   Verma, Punam ^c   Aguero, Sonia M ^c   Carroll, Karen ^c   Jenkins, Eileen ^c   Daly, Judy A ^c   Woods, Marion L ^c   Jarvis, William R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Arizona State Health Department   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 19144367495     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.3.656     Document Type: Article

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