Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection caused by Actinomyces neuii subsp. neuii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1888-1889

  Watkins, Richard R ^a,b   Anthony, Kathy ^c   Schroder, Suzanne ^c   Hall, Gerri S ^c  

^a AKRON GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; THYROID HORMONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NEUII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GRAM STAINING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

ACTINOMYCES NEUII SUBSP. NEUII;

EID: 43249121409     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02141-07     Document Type: Article

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