Abstract:
:A male infant admitted with pyogenic meningitis with protein energy malnutrition developed fatal infection due to Salmonella enteritidis. The same organism was isolated from CSF and blood cultures.
journal_name
Indian J Med Microbioljournal_title
Indian journal of medical microbiologyauthors
Varaiya A,Saraswathi K,Tendolkar U,De A,Shah S,Mathur Msubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-07-01 00:00:00pages
151-2issue
3eissn
0255-0857issn
1998-3646journal_volume
19pub_type
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