Hyperammonemic coma caused by Providencia rettgeri infection in a child with prune belly syndrome

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 178-180

  Murray, Thomas ^a   Comeau, Leonard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bacterial infection; Coma; Encephalopathy; Hepatic encephalopathy; Hyperammonemia; Providencia rettgeri; Prune belly syndrome; Urease; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994319852     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200104000-00014     Document Type: Article

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