Globicatella sanguinis is an etiological agent of ventriculoperitoneal shunt-associated meningitis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 666-667

  Seegmuller I ^a   Van Der Linden, M ^a   Heeg, C ^a   Reinert, R R ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; TELITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLOBICATELLA SANGUINIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

GLOBICATELLA SANGUINIS;

EID: 33847043883     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01774-06     Document Type: Article

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