Vancomycin-resistant Aureobacterium species cellulitis and bacteremia in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1992-1994

  Nolte, Frederick S ^a,c   Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Sweat, Hemella ^a   Winton, Elliott F ^a   Funke, Guido ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEFORM BACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM SP.;

EID: 0029891330     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.1992-1994.1996     Document Type: Article

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