Citrobacter koseri meningitis in a special care baby unit.
Open Access
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 29 (12) , 1094-1096
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.29.12.1094
Abstract
An outbreak of meningitis due to Citrobacter koseri in a special care baby unit is described. The organism showed a high capacity for spread among the babies on the unit and although the intestinal carriage rate was high, the clinical case:carrier ratio was low.Keywords
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