Kingella kingae pneumonia: A rare pathology or a pathology rarely diagnosed?

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 192-193

  Gomez Garces, Jose Luis ^a   Oteo, Jesus ^a   Garcia, Guadalupe ^a   Alos, Juan Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE; IMIPENEM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KINGELLA KINGAE; OROPHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035893080     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-4399(01)80054-4     Document Type: Article

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