An Unusual Case of Early Onset Persistent Escherichia coli Septicemia Associated with Endocarditis

Abstract Escherichia coli infection is very common cause of early onset septicemia especially in very low-birth-weight newborns, but E. coli endocarditis has not been described in newborns. E. coli endocarditis, even in the adult population, is a rare and not well-characterized disease...

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Main Authors: Sachin K. Gupta, Vishakha Nanda, Prashant Malviya, Norman Jacobs, Z. Naheed, Tessy Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2013-07-01
Series:American Journal of Perinatology Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0033-1349346