Roseomonas gilardii infection: Case report and review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4789-4791

  Shokar, Navkiran K ^a   Shokar, Gurjeet S ^a   Islam, Jamal ^a   Cass, Alvah R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSEOMONAS GILARDII;

ADULT; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTEREMIA; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; ROSEOMONAS GILARDII;

EID: 0036900825     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.12.4789-4791.2002     Document Type: Article

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