First case of bacteremia and multifocal cellulitis due to Helicobacter canis in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4598-4600

  Leemann, Corinne ^a   Gambillara, Eleonora ^a   Prod'hom, Guy ^b   Jaton, Katia ^b   Panizzon, Renato ^a   Bille, Jacques ^b   Francioli, Patrick ^a   Greub, Gilbert ^b   Laffitte, Emmanuel ^a   Tarr, Philip E ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TRANSFER RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CANIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CELLULITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWITZERLAND;

HELICOBACTER CANIS;

EID: 33845585988     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01453-06     Document Type: Article

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