Cutaneous infection caused by Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum. A microbiological report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-52

  Cantarelli, Vlademir Vicente ^a,b   Brodt, Teresa Cristina Z ^a   Secchi, Carina ^a   Inamine, Everton ^a   Pereira, Fabiana De Souza ^a  

^a Laboratorio Weinmann   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEEVALE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum; Cutaneous infection; Skin pathogens; Skin ulcer

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERIAE; DISK DIFFUSION; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUPPURATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 40949089642     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000100011     Document Type: Article

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