Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Rhizobium radiobacter Infections

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Teng, Lee Jene ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a,b,c   Yuan, Ang ^a   Tsai, Kuang Chau ^a   Tang, Jih Luh ^a   Tien, Hwei Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GARENOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HAIRY ROOT DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 0347052784     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380463     Document Type: Article

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