Corynebacterium striatum: An underappreciated community and nosocomial pathogen

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 338-343

  Lee, Prescott P ^a,b   Ferguson Jr , Donald A ^b   Sarubbi, Felix A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium striatum; Infections; Nosocomial; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DRUG ERUPTION; ENDOCARDITIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LUNG INFECTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17344368478     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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