Staphylococcus lugdunensis endometritis: A case report

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-245

  Bello, Cornelius ^a   Eskandar, M ^a   El Gendi, R ^a   Sobande, A ^a   Nour, H ^a   Shafiq, H ^a  

^a Abha General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Endometritis; Premature rupture of membrane; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PETHIDINE; PROMETHAZINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 38049177464     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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