Listeriosis: An overview

U.S. Pharmacist

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3-

  Andrew Mardis, B ^a   Conley, Christian S ^b   Kyle, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 84866434083     PISSN: 01484818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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