Neonatal bacterial meningitis caused by Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1252-1254

  Onoyama, Sagano ^a,b   Ogata, Reina ^a,b   Wada, Akihito ^c   Saito, Mitsumasa ^b   Okada, Kenji ^d   Harada, Tatsuo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PANIPENEM PLUS BETAMIPRON;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 69049092704     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006551-0     Document Type: Article

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