Mycoplasma penetrans bacteremia and primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 164-167

  Yáñez, Antonio ^a,e   Cedillo, Lilia ^b   Neyrolles, Olivier ^c   Alonso, Encarnación ^a   Prévost, Marie Christine ^c   Rojas, Jorge ^a   Watson, Harold L ^d   Blanchard, Alain ^c   Cassell, Gail H ^d  

^a Ctro Investigatigacion Biomedica O   (Mexico)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL DE ESPECIALIDADES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 0344177505     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0501.990122     Document Type: Article

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