One case of pneumonia with Arcanobacterium pyogenes;A propósito de un caso de neumonía por Arcanobacterium pyogenes

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 334-336

  Hermida Ameijeiras, Álvaro ^a,b   Romero Jung, P ^a   Cabarcos Ortiz De Barron A ^a   Trevino Castallo M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium pyogenes; Pneumonia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORYNEBACTERIUM PYOGENES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 3543052222     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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