'leptotrichia amnionii', a newly reported cause of early onset neonatal meningitis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART5, 2013, Pages 785-788

  Decroix, Véronique ^a   Goudjil, Sabrina ^a   Kongolo, Guy ^a   Mammeri, Hedi ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; NETILMICIN; NIFEDIPINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; FUSOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LEPTOTRICHIA; LEPTOTRICHIA AMNIONII; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84876535948     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.051870-0     Document Type: Article

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