Isolation of Helicobacter cinaedi from blood of an immunocompromised patient in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 344-347

  Murakami, Hinako ^a   Goto, Mieko ^b   Ono, Emi ^c   Sawabe, Etsuko ^d   Iwata, Morihiro ^a   Okuzumi, Katsuko ^e   Yamaguchi, Keizo ^f   Takahashi, Takashi ^b,g  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY OMORI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteremia; Helicobacter cinaedi; Immunocompromised patients

Indexed keywords

CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; RNA 16S; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 0347993769     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0265-3     Document Type: Article

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