Ureaplasma parvum meningitis in a full-term newborn

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1154-

  Biran, Valerie ^a   Dumitrescu, Andrea Madalina ^a   Doit, Catherine ^b   Gaudin, Aurelie ^a   Bébéar, Cecile ^c   Boutignon, Henri ^d   Bingen, Edouard ^c   Baud, Olivier ^a   Bonacorsi, Stephane ^c   Aujard, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Service de Pédiatrie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S; GENTAMICIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PROCALCITONIN; THIAMPHENICOL;

BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA PARVUM;

EID: 78650363903     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181f69013     Document Type: Letter

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