Life-threatening Mycoplasma hominis mediastinitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1529-1537

  Mattila, Petri S ^a   Carlson, Petteri ^a   Sivonen, Aulikki ^a   Savola, Jukka ^a   Luosto, Rauno ^a   Salo, Jarmo ^a   Valtonen, Matti ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PATHOGENESIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033380009     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/313529     Document Type: Article

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