Sepsis by Leuconostoc spp. in a healthy infant;Sepsis por Leuconostoc spp. en un lactante sano

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Martínez Pajares, José D ^a   Díaz Morales, Olga ^a   Acosta González, Federico ^a   Ramos Díaz, Juan C ^a  

^a Hospital General de Antequera   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leuconostoc; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUCONOSTOC SEPSIS; SEPSIS;

FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUCONOSTOC; SEPSIS;

EID: 84859519613     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5546/aap.2012.e32     Document Type: Article

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