Corynebacterium minutissimum pyelonephritis with associated bacteraemia: A case report and review of literature

Journal of Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Ahmad, Nasir M ^a   Ahmad, Khalid M ^b  

^a Riverview Medical Center   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Corynebacterium; Pyelonephritis; Urosepsis

Indexed keywords

MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM MINUTISSIMUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PYELONEPHRITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 29444456361     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.02.026     Document Type: Article

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