Lactobacillus bacteremia: Description of the clinical course in adult patients without endocarditis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 773-778

  Antony, Suresh J ^a  

^a TEXAS ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0029775904     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.773     Document Type: Article

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