Fatal gastrointestinal mucormycosis in a premature infant associated with a contaminated dietary supplement — Connecticut, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 155-156

  Vallabhaneni, Snigdha ^a   Walker, Tiffany A ^a   Lockhart, Shawn R ^a   Ng, Dianna ^a   Chiller, Tom ^a   Melchreit, Richard ^b   Brand, Mary E ^a   Smith, Rachel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CDC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BABY FOOD; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATALITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; NEWBORN; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

CONNECTICUT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 84927565695     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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