Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S39-S43 , 2007

Young-infant Sepsis Combined with Urinary Tract Infection Due to Hafnia alvei

  • Chia-Hung Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Jen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Chien Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • K-Long Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Armed Forces Hsin-Chu Hospital, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Chih Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Chih Tsai, Department of Pediatrics, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, 325 Cheng-Kung Road, Section 2, Neihu, Taipei 114, Taiwan

Received 16 December 2005 ,Revised 18 January 2006 ,Accepted 7 March 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60365-X

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60365-X

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S39-S43 , 2007

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