Mycobacterium mucogenicum from the Hickman line of an immunocompromised patient

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 140-141

  Marshall, C ^a,b   Samuel, J ^a   Galloway, A ^a   Pedler, S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; EQUIPMENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHTHERIA; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 38449111966     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.049486     Document Type: Article

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