First report of septicemia caused by an obligately anaerobic Staphylococcus aureus infection in a human

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2311-2313

  Peake, Sandra L ^a   Peter, John Victor ^a   Chan, Louisa ^a   Wise, Rolf P ^b   Butcher, Andrew R ^a   Grove, David I ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBSPECIES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33745128743     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02125-05     Document Type: Article

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