Tsukamurella inchonensis bacteremia in a patient who ingested hydrochloric acid

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1267-1268

  Chong, Yunsop ^a   Lee, Kyungwon ^b   Chon, Chae Yoon ^b   Kim, Mun Jeong ^b   Kwon, Oh Hun ^b   Lee, Hee Joo ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; KOREA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF POISONING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TSUKAMURELLA INCHONENSIS;

EID: 0030955940     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.6.1267     Document Type: Article

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