Clinical review Bacteremia caused by anaerobic bacteria in children.docVIP

Available online /content/6/3/205 Review Clinical review: Bacteremia caused by anaerobic bacteria in children Itzhak Brook Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC, USA Correspondence: Itzhak Brook, ib6@ Published online: 9 May 2002 Critical Care 2002, 6:205-211 ? 2002 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X) Abstract This review describes the microbiology, diagnosis and management of bacteremia caused by anaerobic bacteria in children. Bacteroides fragilis, Peptostreptococcus sp., Clostridium sp., and Fu