Septicaemia due to actinobaculum schalii

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 735-737

  Hesstvedt, Liv ^a   Hasseltvedt, Viggo ^a   Aandahl, Einar ^a   Caugant, Dominique ^b   Arne Hoiby E ^b  

^a Sykehuset Innlandet ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; URINARY TRACT AGENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACULUM SCHALII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PYURIA; SEPTICEMIA; TACHYCARDIA; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 33746656191     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500540467     Document Type: Article

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