Case of bacteraemic cellulitis by a non-haemolytic strain of Streptococcus pyogenes

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 262-264

  Sönksen, Ute Wolff ^a   Ekelund, Kim ^b   Bruun, Brita ^a  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYSIPELAS; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RNA SEQUENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CELLULITIS; HUMANS; MALE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 33847277326     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600868362     Document Type: Article

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