Clostridium difficile brain empyema after prolonged intestinal carriage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 509-511

  Gravisse, J ^a   Barnaud, G ^a   Hanau Bercot B ^a   Raskine, L ^a   Riahi, J ^a   Gaillard, J L ^b   Sanson Le Pors, M J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; INTESTINE; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA;

BRAIN DISEASES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EMPYEMA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037232198     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.1.509-511.2003     Document Type: Article

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