Bacteriemia due to Leuconostoc spp. in a patient without inmunological disorders;Bacteriemia por Leuconostoc spp. en paciente sin factores de riesgo

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-79

  Cinza Sanjurjo, S ^a   Cabarcos Ortiz De Barron A ^a,b   Castilla Galicia, G ^a   Lorenzo Zuniga V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Leuconostoc; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

BACTEREMIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646445377     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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