Ochrobactrum anthropi bacteremia: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 570-573

  Mastroianni, Antonio ^a   Cancellieri, Claudio ^a   Montini, Giuseppe ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032862960     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00437.x     Document Type: Article

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