First case report of Neisseria lactamica causing cavitary lung disease in an adult organ transplant recipient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2666-2668

  Zavascki, Alexandre Prehn ^a   Fritscher, Leandro ^a   Superti, Silvana ^a   Dias, Cícero ^b   Kroth, Leonardo ^a   Traesel, Moacir Alexandre ^a   Antonello, Ivan Carlos Ferreira ^a   Saitovitch, David ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CEPHALOSPORINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIACEAE INFECTIONS;

NEISSERIA LACTAMICA;

EID: 33746255199     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00274-06     Document Type: Article

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