Pharyngitis with necrotising pneumonia caused by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum;Faryngitis met een holtevormende pneumonie veroorzaakt door Arcanobacterium haemolyticum

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 150, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 1139-1142

  Van Der Eerden, M M ^a   De Graaff, C S ^a   Boersma, W G ^a   Vlaspolder, F ^a  

^a Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE;

ADULT; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MENINGITIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NECROSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; RASH; SEPSIS;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745747228     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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