Spondylodiscitis due to Aerococcus urinae: A first report

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 891-892

  Astudillo, L ^a   Sailler, L ^a   Porte, L ^a   Lefevre, J C ^a   Massip, P ^a   Arlet Suau, E ^a  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0346968459     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310016664     Document Type: Article

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