Bloodstream and endovascular infections due to Abiotrophia defectiva and Granulicatella species

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Senn, Laurence ^a   Entenza, José M ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^a   Jaton, Katia ^a   Wenger, Aline ^a   Bille, Jacques ^a   Calandra, Thierry ^a   Prod'hom, Guy ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABIOTROPHIA DEFECTIVA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRANULICATELLA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 32044462226     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-9     Document Type: Article

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