Alistipes finegoldii in blood cultures from colon cancer patients [4]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1260-1262

  Fenner, Lukas ^a,c   Roux, Véronique ^a   Ananian, Pascal ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTETAN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALISTIPES FINEGOLDII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 34548441179     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.060662     Document Type: Letter

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