Contribution of bacteriology and virology in sudden unexpected death in infancy

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 371-376

  Prtak, L ^a   Al Adnani, M ^b   Fenton, P ^a   Kudesia, G ^a   Cohen, Marta C ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77953756320     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.162792     Document Type: Article

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