A spontaneous joint infection with Corynebacterium striatum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 656-658

  Scholle, David ^a  

^a Legacy Good Samaritan and Emanuel Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE PAIN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM;

EID: 33847067448     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00827-06     Document Type: Article

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