Pleural empyema associated with Gemella morbillorum: Report of a case and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 378-381

  Valipour, Arschang ^a   Koller, Hubert ^a   Setinek, Ulrike ^a   Burghuber, Otto Chris ^a  

^a OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PANIPENEM; PENICILLIN V; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; GEMELLA MORBILLORUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE;

ADULT; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18844365153     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510035319     Document Type: Article

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