Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus septicaemia in three patients of the paediatric intensive care unit

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 361-362

  Passera, M ^a   Pellicioli, I ^a   Corbellini, S ^a   Corno, M ^a   Vailati, F ^a   Bonanomi, E ^a   Farina, C ^a  

^a PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DAPTOMYCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LETTER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 84996837057     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.09.018     Document Type: Letter

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