Listeriosis: A Rare but Deadly Disease

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 135-140

  Donovan, Summer ^a  

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEBRILE GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RARE DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84942985355     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: 18734391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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