Invasive meningococcal disease due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y;Enfermedad meningocócica invasiva por Neisseria meningitidis del serogrupo Y

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 555-556

  Rentero, Zaida ^a   Romero Gómez, María Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LETTER; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BOLIVIA; CEFTRIAXONE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; OFLOXACIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TONSILLECTOMY; VACCINATION;

EID: 79961085131     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2011.01.017     Document Type: Letter

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