Problems in Identification of Francisella philomiragia Associated with Fatal Bacteremia in a Patient with Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1840-1842

  Friis Moller A ^a   Lemming, L E ^b   Valerius, N H ^a   Bruun, B ^b,c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; INTERFERON; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLENOMEGALY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FRANCISELLA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 16544378043     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1840-1842.2004     Document Type: Article

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