Relevance of group Milieri streptococci in thoracic surgery: A clinical update

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 492-497

  Stelzmueller, I ^a   Biebl, M ^a   Berger, N ^a   Eller, M ^a   Mendez, J ^b   Fille, M ^a   Angerer, K ^a   Schmid, T ^a   Lorenz, I ^a   Margreiter, R ^a   Bonatti, H ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECORTICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; GROUP MILLERI STREPTOCOCCI; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP; THORACIC DISEASES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250176915     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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