Mycobacterium fortuitum infection after a brown bear bite [4]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1009-

  Lehtinen, Ville A ^a   Kaukonen, Timo ^a   Ikäheimo, Irma ^a   Mähönen, Saara Mari ^a   Koskela, Markku ^a   Ylipalosaari, Pekka ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BEAR; BITE; BITE WOUND; BROWN BEAR BITE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; URSIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 13844253614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.2.1009.2005     Document Type: Letter

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