Community-acquired osteomyelitis caused by Chryseobacterium meningosepticum: case report and literature review

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Lee, Chen Hsiang ^a   Lin, Wei Che ^b   Chia, Ju Hsin ^b,c   Su, Lin Hui ^b,c   Chien, Chun Chih ^b   Mao, Ai Hsiu ^b   Liu, Jien Wei ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c Graduate Institute of Medical Science   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chryseobacterium meningosepticum; Ciprofloxacin; Community acquired infection; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLITIS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; OSTEOMYELITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 36849086425     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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