Interstitial pulmonary inflammation due to Microbacterium sp. after heart transplantation

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 335-339

  Giammanco, Giovanni M ^a   Pignato, Sarina ^b   Grimont, Patrick A D ^c   Grimont, Francine ^c   Santangelo, Carmelita ^d   Leonardi, Giuseppe ^d   Giuffrida, Angelo ^d   Legname, Vivian ^d   Giammanco, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Azienda Ospedal Vittorio Emanuele   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUREOBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AQUATICUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MICROBACTERIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PNEUMONIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33645099117     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46219-0     Document Type: Article

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