Repeated bacteraemia caused by Streptococcus mutans in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 988-992

  Nomura, Ryota ^a   Hamada, Masakazu ^b   Nakano, Kazuhiko ^a   Nemoto, Hirotoshi ^a   Fujimoto, Koji ^b   Ooshima, Takashi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Itami City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; ENTEROBACTER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RECURRENT FEVER; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34447260687     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47186-0     Document Type: Article

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