A first fatal neonatal case of Enterobacter sakazakii infection in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 312-313

  Teramoto, Satoshi ^a   Tanabe, Yukitoshi ^a   Okano, Erika ^a   Nagashima, Tatsuo ^a   Kobayashi, Masahisa ^a   Etoh, Yoshikatsu ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cronobacter spp.; Enterobacter sakazakii; Extremely low birth weight infant; Neonate; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBAPENEM; HABEKACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSPNEA; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; JAPAN; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN INFECTION; OLIGURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPLICATION; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; TWINS;

CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN;

EID: 77950200039     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2010.03030.x     Document Type: Article

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