Recurrent 'Flexispira rappini' bacteremia in an adult patient undergoing hemodialysis: Case report

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1319-1323

  Sorlin, P ^a   Vandamme, P ^b   Nortier, J ^a   Hoste, B ^b   Rossi, C ^a   Pavlof, S ^a   Struelens, M J ^a,c  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATALASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN G; UREA;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FLEXISPIRA RAPPINI; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HELICOBACTER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIRAL AND CURVED BACTERIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; FLEXISPIRA RAPPINI; HELICOBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032944430     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1319-1323.1999     Document Type: Article

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