Letters to the Editor

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 474-475

  Khan, Ahmed ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APNEA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; LETHARGY; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 68749120987     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01541.x     Document Type: Letter

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