Primary bacteraemia caused by Rhizobium radiobacter in a patient with solid tumours

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1453-1456

  Christakis, G B ^a   Alexaki, P ^a   Alivizatos, A S ^b   Chalkiopoulou, I ^a   Athanasiou, A E ^a   Zarkadis, I K ^c  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; PIPERACILLIN; RNA 16S; TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPATHOGENICITY TEST; PLANT DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLID TUMOR;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BONE NEOPLASMS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 33750459361     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46411-0     Document Type: Article

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