Mycobacterial species diversity at a general hospital on the island of Crete: First detection of Mycobacterium lentiflavum in Greece

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 875-879

  Neonakis, Ioannis K ^a   Gitti, Zoe ^a   Kourbeti, Irene S ^a   Michelaki, Helen ^b   Baritaki, Maria ^a   Alevraki, Georgia ^b   Papadomanolaki, Evangelia ^b   Tsafaraki, Ekaterini ^b   Tsouri, Anna ^b   Baritaki, Stavroula ^c   Krambovitis, Elias ^d   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Chania   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOSALICYLIC ACID; CAPREOMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; NICOTINAMIDE; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GREECE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM LENTIFLAVUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PEREGRINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; URINE;

EID: 34748864843     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701402962     Document Type: Article

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