Group B streptococcal vertebral osteomyelitis with bacteraemia in an adult with no debilitating condition

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 316-317

  Mouly, Stephane ^a   Berenbaum, Francis ^a   Kaplan, Gerard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REST; SPONDYLITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINAL DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032766447     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365549950163653     Document Type: Article

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