Bacteremia due to a novel Microbacterium species in a patient with leukemia and description of Microbacterium paraoxydans sp. nov.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2242-2246

  Laffineur, Kim ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a   Cornu, Guy ^b   Charlier, Jacqueline ^a   Janssens, Michèle ^a   Wauters, Georges ^a   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFADROXIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CYTOSINE; GUANIDINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBACTERIUM PARAOXYDANS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; BASE COMPOSITION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM OXYDANS; MICROBACTERIUM PARAOXYDANS; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037613668     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2242-2246.2003     Document Type: Article

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