'Flexispira rappini' bacteremia in a child with pneumonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1679-1682

  Tee, Wee ^a   Leder, Karin ^b   Karroum, Elena ^b   Dyall Smith, Michael ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATALASE; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HIPPURIC ACID; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; UREA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; FLEXISPIRA RAPPINI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALAISE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLEXISPIRA RAPPINI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031969482     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1679-1682.1998     Document Type: Article

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