Uncommun opportunist infection due to Leuconostoc special [1];Leuconostoc, une cause rare d'infection opportuniste

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 268-269

  Fauchais, A L ^a   Roques, S ^a   Druesne, L ^a   Verdonck, A ^a   Chassagne, P ^a   Bercoff, E ^a   Doucet, J ^a   Frebourg N ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Immunodeficiency; Leuconostoc; Unexplained fever

Indexed keywords

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LEUCONOSTOC; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUCONOSTOC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PENICILLINS; RARE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038035335     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-8663(03)00032-8     Document Type: Letter

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