Etiologic diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus meningitis by broad-range PCR

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-134

  Gottwein, J ^a   Zbinden, R ^b   Maibach, R C ^b   Herren, T ^a  

^a Limmattal Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CEFTRIAXONE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33644667311     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0095-1     Document Type: Article

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