Bacteremia caused by the novel species Mycobacterium canariasense

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-60

  Campos Herrero, M I ^a   Garcia D ^a   Figuerola, A ^a   Suarez P ^a   Campo, C ^a   Garcia M J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CANARIASENSE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEFOXITIN; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 32144434890     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0079-6     Document Type: Article

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