Case report: Two Leuconostoc bacteremia cases;Olgu sunumu: Leuconostoc bakteriyemili iki olgu

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-228

  Aygun H ^a   Yilmaz Bozkurt, G ^a   Memikoglu O ^a   Cokca F ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catheter; Clindamycin; Leuconostoc spp; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINDAMYCIN; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33746734908     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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