Rhodotorula minuta: Uncommon yeast isolated as the causative agent of a right hip joint infection

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-55

  Cerikcioglu, Nilgun ^a   Tetik, Cihangir ^b   Mulazimoglu, Lutfiye ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hip joint infection; Rhodotorula minuta

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIP DISEASE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; RHODOTORULA (ERYTHROBASIDIUM CLADE); RHODOTORULA MINUTA;

EID: 27644515473     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mycmed.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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