Transient Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteremia in a healthy child

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-56

  Matsuda, Kentaro ^a   Sakata, Yasutaka ^a   Tani, Hidekazu ^a   Kimura, Kouichi ^a   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae type b; Healthy child; Transient bacteremia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 24144460635     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.52.53     Document Type: Article

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