Bacterial toxins and sudden unexpected death in infancy

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9640, 2008, Pages 714-

  Blackwell, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 50149101577     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61296-9     Document Type: Letter

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