Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 385-387

  Sandoe, J A T ^a   Longshaw, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 0035410965     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743X.2001.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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