Listeria monocytogenes pneumonia in a cirrhotic child

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 536-538

  De Sa F R N ^a   Sztajnbok, Jaques ^a,b   De Almeida, J F L ^a   Troster, E J ^a   Vaz, F A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 2942731292     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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