Septic shock caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 681-682

  Castro, Jose G ^a,b   Dowdy, Lorraine ^a  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Professional Arts Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0033013629     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517215     Document Type: Article

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