Streptomyces bikiniensis bacteremia [3]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-274

  Moss, William J ^a,b   Sager, Jason A ^a   Dick, James D ^a   Ruff, Andrea ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of International Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; OSTEOSARCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES BIKINIENSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037324271     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0902.020275     Document Type: Letter

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