Case of Staphylococcus schleiferi endocarditis and a simple scheme to identify clumping factor-positive staphylococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3353-3356

  Leung, Michael J ^a,c   Nuttall, Nichalas ^b,d   Mazur, Margaret ^a   Taddei, Tania L ^a   McComish, Michael ^a   Pearman, John W ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WESTERN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STARR EDWARDS VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCHLEIFERI;

EID: 0032833341     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3353-3356.1999     Document Type: Article

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