Cutaneous abscess due to Eubacterium lentum in injection drug user: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Lattuada, Emanuela ^a,b   Zorzi, Antonella ^a   Lanzafame, Massimiliano ^a   Antolini, Dario ^a   Fontana, Roberta ^a   Vento, Sandro ^a   Concia, Ercole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous abscess; Eubacterium lentum; Fastidious organism; Injection drug user; Predisponing factors

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; REHABILITATION; SKIN ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EUBACTERIUM; FEMORAL FRACTURES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144444885     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.08.026     Document Type: Article

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