Purpura fulminans due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection in a premature infant

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 346-348

  Aygun, A Denizmen ^a,b   Akarsu, Saadet ^a   Kilic, Mehmet ^a   Ozdiller, Sukran ^a   Toprakli, Ilkay ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infant; Infection; Purpura fulminans; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; FULMINATING PURPURA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESUSCITATION; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 33646727344     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02219.x     Document Type: Article

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