Serious Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in healthy children: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatrics International

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-333

  Viola, Luigi ^a,b   Langer, Arianna ^a   Pulitanò, Silvia ^a   Chiaretti, Antonio ^a   Piastra, Marco ^a   Polidori, Giancarlo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecthyma gangrenosum; Healthy children; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ECTHYMA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ECTHYMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646792616     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2006.02214.x     Document Type: Article

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