Bacteraemic spondylodiscitis caused by Enterococcus hirae

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 613-615

  Canalejo, E ^a   Ballesteros, R ^a   Cabezudo, J ^a   Garcia Arata M I ^a   Moreno, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DISCITIS; DISKECTOMY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSOAS ABSCESS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 45449115733     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0476-8     Document Type: Article

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