Mycobacterium fortuitum: A rare cause of pacemaker infection [2];Mycobacterium fortuitum: Una rara causa de infección de marcapasos

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-137

  Pastor, Esther ^a   Luz Andreu, Ada ^a   Llombart, Mónica ^a   Chiner, Eusebi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; RARE DISEASE;

EID: 33645389293     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13085023     Document Type: Article

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