Cluster of cases of Mycobacterium chelonae bacteraemia

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-46

  McCracken, D ^a   Flanagan, P ^a   Hill, D ^a   Hosein, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033960921     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050008     Document Type: Article

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