Culture-negative neonatal meningitis and endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4889-4890

  Nègre, Valérie Lefranc ^a   Colin Gorski, Anne Marie ^c   Magnier, Suzel ^b   Maisonneuve, Lydia ^c   Aujard, Yannick ^b   Bingen, Edouard ^a,b   Bonacorsi, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 5444244859     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4889-4890.2004     Document Type: Article

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