Photorhabdus asymbiotica, a pathogen emerging on two continents that proves that there is no substitute for a well-trained clinical microbiologist

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4152-4155

  Weissfeld, Alice S ^a   Halliday, Rhonda J ^a   Simmons, Dawn E ^a   Trevino, Ernest A ^a   Vance, Paula H ^a   O'Hara, Caroline M ^b   Sowers, Evangeline G ^c   Kern, Rebecca ^d   Koy, R Dudley ^d   Hodde, Kathy ^d   Bing, M ^d   Lo, Carson ^d   Gerrard, John ^e   Vohra, Renu ^f   Harper, Jacqueline ^f  

^a Microbiology Specialists Incorporated   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Memorial Herman Katy Hospital   (United States)

^e GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PHOTORHABDUS; PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABSCESS; SPIDER BITE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTORHABDUS;

ARANEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTORHABDUS ASYMBIOTICA;

EID: 23744453758     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.4152-4155.2005     Document Type: Article

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