Bacteremia caused by a novel isolate resembling Leptotrichia species in a neutropenic patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2064-2067

  Patel, Jean Baldus ^a,e   Clarridge, Jill ^b   Schuster, Mindy S ^a   Waddington, Michael ^c   Osborne, Janet ^d   Nachamkin, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MiDi Inc   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Pediatric Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; FUSOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM; LEPTOTRICHIA;

EID: 0032906705     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.2064-2067.1999     Document Type: Article

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