Pharyngitis due to Burkholderia cepacia. Person-to-person transmission;Faringitis por Burkholderia cepacia. Transmisión de persona a persona

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 581-582

  Fajardo Olivares, M ^a   Cordero Carrasco, J L ^a   Beteta Lopez A ^a   Escobar Izquierdo, A B ^a   Sacristan Enciso B ^a  

^a Hospital Universitario Perpetuo Socorro   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burkholderia; Immunocompetent; Pharyngitis; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHARYNGITIS;

EID: 3242876957     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13062327     Document Type: Article

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