Fatal case of bacteremia caused by an atypical strain of Corynebacterium mucifaciens

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 416-418

  Cantarelli, Vlademir Vicente ^a,b   Brodt, Teresa Cristina Z ^a   Secchi, Carina ^a   Inamine, Everton ^a   Pereira, Fabiana de Souza ^a   Pilger, Diogo Andre ^a  

^a Weinmann Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b Feevale Universitary Centre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Blood infection; Corynebacterium; Corynebacterium mucifaciens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM MURISEPTICUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247115167     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702006000600013     Document Type: Article

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