Corynebacterium bovis line related septicemia: A case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 575-577

  Dalal, Aman ^a   Urban, Carl ^a   Ahluwalia, Maneesha ^a   Rubin, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM BOVIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 47349113642     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701772448     Document Type: Article

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