Nocardia cyriacigeorgica septicemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 280-282

  Elsayed, Sameer ^a,c   Kealey, Angela ^b   Coffin, Carla S ^b   Read, Ron ^a,b   Megran, David ^a,b   Zhang, Kunyan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; RNA 16S;

AGED; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEPTICEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA CYRIACIGEORGICA;

EID: 30744457099     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.280-282.2006     Document Type: Article

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