An outbreak of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica neonatal meningitis in mauritius

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 834-839

  Issack, Mohammad I ^a   Neetoo, Yaseen ^b  

^a Victoria Hospital   (Mauritius)

^b Paediatric Unit   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica; Mauritius; Meningitis; Neonatal; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA; ELIZABETHKINGIA MENINGOSEPTICA INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MAURITIUS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN MENINGITIS; NURSERY; SMEAR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 83755206661     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1885     Document Type: Article

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