Cronobacter species isolation in two infants - New Mexico, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 42, 2009, Pages 1179-1183

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ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN ABSCESS; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NEW MEXICO;

EID: 70350721563     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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