Chryseobacterium meningosepticum as a cause of cellulitis and sepsis in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1116-1117

  Tuon, Felipe Francisco ^a   Campos, Luciana ^a   De Almeida, Gisele Duboc ^a   Gryschek, Ronaldo César ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADULT; CELLULITIS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 34547901048     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47111-0     Document Type: Article

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