Dolosigranulum pigrum causing nosocomial pneumonia and septicemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3474-3475

  Lécuyer, Hervé ^a   Audibert, Juliette ^a,b   Bobigny, Astrid ^a   Eckert, Catherine ^a,b,c   Jannière Nartey, Caroline ^a   Buu Hoï, Annie ^a,b   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^a,b,c   Podglajen, Isabelle ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DOLOSIGRANULUM PIGRUM; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEPTICEMIA;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

DOLOSIGRANULUM PIGRUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 35348908410     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01373-07     Document Type: Article

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