Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , February 2009

Clinical Significance in Previously Healthy Children of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Stool

  • Ya-Lin Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Chang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92 Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Yan Yeung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wai-Taow Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 13 March 2007 ,Revised 8 August 2008 ,Accepted 1 December 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60024-3

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60024-3

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , February 2009

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