Turtle-associated Salmonella septicaemia and meningitis in a 2-month-old baby

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1379-1381

  Van Meervenne, Eva ^a   Botteldoorn, Nadine ^a   Lokietek, Sophie ^b   Vatlet, Monique ^c   Cupa, Alexandre ^c   Naranjo, Maria ^a   Dierick, Katelijne ^a   Bertrand, Sophie ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Health Inspectorate French Community   (Belgium)

^c Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ambroise Pare   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISK DIFFUSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEROTYPE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DISEASE VECTORS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; TURTLES;

EID: 70349319502     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.012146-0     Document Type: Article

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