Neonatal meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 745-747

  Amer, Malaka Z ^a   Bandey, Manzour ^a   Bukhari, Abdalla ^a   Nemenqani, Dalal ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Meningitis; Premature neonates

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA;

EID: 80054799076     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1570     Document Type: Article

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