Infections due to lancefield group F and related streptococci (S. milleri, S. anginosus)

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 197-207

  Shlaes, David M ^a   Lerner, Phillip I ^a   Wolinsky, Emanuel ^a   Gopalakrishna, K V ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP F; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; VIRUS INFECTION;

ABDOMEN; ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOUTH DISEASES; OSTEOMYELITIS; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0019475507     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005792-198105000-00003     Document Type: Article

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