Listeria monocytogenes in renal transplant recipients

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-377

  Hofer, Cristina Barroso ^a   Melles, Carmo Elias Andrade ^b   Hofer, Ernesto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Listeria monocytogenes; Lysovar; Renal transplant; Serovar

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033391134     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651999000600008     Document Type: Article

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