Ureaplasma: Pathogen or passenger in neonatal meningitis?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-64

  Clifford, Vanessa ^a   Tebruegge, Marc ^a,b   Everest, Neil ^a   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic treatment; Central nervous system; Infection; Meningitis; Mycoplasma; Ureaplasma parvum; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM;

EID: 74049097597     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181b21016     Document Type: Article

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