Use of molecular typing to investigate bacterial translocation from the intestinal tract in malnourished children with Gram-negative bacteremia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 70-74

  Youssef, Mohammad ^a   Shurman, Abdallah Al ^b   Chachaty, Elisabeth ^c   Bsoul, Abder Rahman ^b   Andremont, Antoine ^d,e  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Princess Basma Hospital   (Jordan)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bacterial translocation; Gram negative bacteria; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPHELOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 6844236361     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00358.x     Document Type: Article

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