Bacteremia due to Abiotrophia defectiva in a febrile neutropenic pediatric patient;Bacteriemia por Abiotrophia defectiva en un paciente pediátrico neutropénico febril

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-94

  Lopardo, H ^a   Mastroianni, A ^a   Casimir, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abiotrophia defectiva; Bacteremia; Immunocompromised patients

Indexed keywords

ABIOTROPHIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; SKIN FLORA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BACTEREMIA; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; FEVER; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 34547209668     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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