A case of osteomyelitis due to Leuconostoc lactis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 278-280

  Koçak, Funda ^a   Yurtseven, Nurgül ^a   Aydemir, Numan ^a   Yüksek, Adnan ^a   Yavuz, Serap Şimşek ^a  

^a Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUCONOSTOC; LEUKONOSTOC LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIB; SCAPULA;

GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 33847288730     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600904811     Document Type: Article

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