Recurrent Group B Streptococcal Bacteremia

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 884-887

  Jones, Shannon M ^a,b   Steele, Russell W ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ochsner Children's Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; TRANSIENT HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA OF INFANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; RECURRENCE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84866002491     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922811409203     Document Type: Article

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