Staphylococcus lugdunensis vertebral osteomyelitis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1139-1141

  Greig, J M ^a   Wood, M J ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococci; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; COAGULASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISKITIS; DOSE RESPONSE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 0242624590     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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