Helicobacter cinaedi-associated bacteraemia and erysipelas in an immunocompetent host: A diagnostic challenge

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 382-385

  van Genderen, Perry J J ^a   Goessens, Wil H F ^b   Petit, Pieter L C ^c  

^a Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYSIPELAS; FLUID THERAPY; HELICOBACTER CINAEDI; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE; SKIN INJURY; THAILAND; TRAVEL;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; ERYSIPELAS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE;

EID: 18844456084     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410021234     Document Type: Article

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