Kocuria kristinae infection associated with acute cholecystitis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ma, Edmond S K ^a   Wong, Chris L P ^a   Lai, Kristi T W ^a   Chan, Edmond C H ^b   Yam, W C ^c   Chan, Angus C W ^a  

^a HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OFLOXACIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BILE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; HUMAN; KOCURIA KRISTINAE; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLECYSTITIS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCACEAE; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLECYSTITIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOCCACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN;

EID: 27244454507     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-60     Document Type: Article

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