Granulicatella adiacens and early-onset sepsis in neonate

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1971-1973

  Bizzarro, Matthew J ^a,b   Callan, Deborah A ^b   Farrel, Patricia A ^b   Dembry, Louise Marie ^a,b   Gallagher, Patrick G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; TRANSFER RNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ABIOTROPHIA; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84930481885     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.101967     Document Type: Letter

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