A longitudinal case series description of meningitis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus in infants

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Klatte, J Michael ^a   Clarridge III, Jill E ^b   Bratcher, Denise ^a   Selvarangan, Rangaraj ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LETHARGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOSE CONGESTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMNOLENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GALLOLYTICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PASTEURIANUS;

EID: 84555189794     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05635-11     Document Type: Article

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