First report of vaginal infection caused by Enterococcus raffinosus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 672-673

  Savini, Vincenzo ^a   Manna, Assunta ^a   D'Antonio, Francesco ^b   Talia, Marzia ^a   Catavitello, Chiara ^a   Balbinot, Andrea ^a   Febbo, Fabio ^a   Carlino, Daniela ^a   Fioritoni, Francesca ^a   Di Bonaventura, Giovanni ^c   D'Antonio, Domenico ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Clinicizzato   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL PRURITUS; VAGINITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 43049104241     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47773-0     Document Type: Article

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