Haemophilus parainfluenzae: Report of an unusual cause of neonatal sepsis and a literature review

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 748-750

  Govind, Binu ^a   Veeraraghavan, Balaji ^a   Anandan, Shalini ^a   Thomas, Niranjan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Early onset sepsis; H. parainfluenzae; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868007115     PISSN: 19722680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2243     Document Type: Review

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