Sterile site infection at autopsy in sudden unexpected deaths in infancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-307

  Goldwater, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DROWNING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERILE SITE INFECTION; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH;

EID: 64849093865     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.135939     Document Type: Article

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