Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum bacteremia in an immunocompetent adolescent: A case report and review of literature

Eastern Journal of Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-19

  Das, Bibhuti Bhusan ^a,b   Schnell, Patrick ^a   Mendez, Herman ^a  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERIAE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE;

EID: 0038100419     PISSN: 13010883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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