Recurrent breast abscess caused by Gordonia bronchialis in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3009-3010

  Werno, Anja M ^a   Anderson, Trevor P ^a   Chambers, Stephen T ^b,c   Laird, Heather M ^a   Murdoch, David R ^a,c  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREAST ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GORDONIA; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHODOCOCCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; RECURRENCE;

GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS;

EID: 20444445458     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.3009-3010.2005     Document Type: Article

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