Pasteurella multocida meningitis in newborns after incidental animal exposure

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 928-929

  Kobayaa, Hazar ^a   Souki, Ramzi R ^a   Trust, Stuart ^a   Domachowske, Joseph B ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 70349679334     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181a81f0f     Document Type: Article

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