Soft-tissue abscess involving Actinomyces odontolyticus and two Prevotella species in an intravenous drug abuser

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Sofianou, D ^a   Avgoustinakis, E ^a   Dilopoulou, A ^a   Pournaras, S ^a   Tsirakidis, G ^a   Tsakris, A ^b  

^a Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Actinomyces odontolyticus; Drug abuser; Prevotella species; Subcutaneous abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COCAINE; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; METHADONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ODONTOLYTICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NEEDLE; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA BUCCAE; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; SKIN ABSCESS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES ODONTOLYTICUS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA BUCCAE; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA;

EID: 0742306156     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(03)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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