Liver abscess due to a Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain indistinguishable from L. rhamnosus Strain GG

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1159-1160

  Rautio, Merja ^a   Jousimies Somer, Hannele ^b   Kauma, Heikki ^b   Pietarinen, Ilmo ^b   Saxelin, Maija ^b   Tynkkynen, Soile ^b   Koskela, Markku ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032954103     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514766     Document Type: Article

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