Mycobacterium fortuitum Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient with a Long-Term Venous Catheter

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 423-424

  Moreno, A ^a   Llanos, M ^a   Gonzalez A ^a   Batista, N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030013321     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01690105     Document Type: Article

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