Small colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus and pacemaker-related infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1316-1318

  Seifert, Harald ^b   Wisplinghoff, Hilmar ^c   Schnabel, Petra ^c   Von Eiff, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Inst Med Mikrobiol Immunol Hyg   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; FLUCLOXACILLIN; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIUM COLONY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DEVICE INFECTION; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SKIN ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141643209     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0910.0302000     Document Type: Article

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