Treatment of listeriosis in first trimester of pregnancy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 839-841

  Chan, Brian T ^a,b   Hohmann, Elizabeth ^a   Barshak, Miriam Baron ^a   Pukkila Worley, Read ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Brigham and Womens Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE;

EID: 84876778358     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1905.13997     Document Type: Letter

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