Brain abscess caused by Streptomyces infection following penetration trauma: Case report and results of susceptibility analysis of 92 isolates of Streptomyces species submitted to the CDC from 2000 to 2004

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 821-823

  Rose III, Charles E ^a   Brown, June M ^b   Fisher, John F ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PHENYTOIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STREPTOMYCES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN ABSCESS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOMYCES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 38949148642     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01132-07     Document Type: Article

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