Necrotizing Staphylococcal pneumonia in a neonate

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 677-679

  McAdams, Ryan M ^a,b   Mazuchowski, Edward ^a   Ellis, Michael W ^a   Rajnik, Michael ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENE PRODUCT; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEUKOCIDIN; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA; NEWBORN INFECTION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN GENE; PREMATURITY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

EID: 27144507347     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211364     Document Type: Article

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