First case of acute pericarditis due to catalase-negative Staphylococcus aureus [3];Primer caso de pericarditis aguda por Staphylococcus aureus catalasa negativo

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 601-602

  Álvarez García, Patricia ^a   García Campello, Marta ^a   Pascual, Ángeles ^a   Alemparte, Enrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MONTECELO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; TEICOPLANIN;

AGED; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERICARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 17144451549     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13054557     Document Type: Letter

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