Clostridium difficile sepsis in a child with sickle cell disease

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-113

  Babbit, Christopher J ^a   Romansky, Stephen G ^b  

^a MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOPAMINE; MEROPENEM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SEPSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 33646524682     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.01.idc.0000189269.09927.83     Document Type: Article

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