Isolation of Helcococcus kunzii from plantar phlegmon in a vascular patient

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 907-908

  Lemaître, Nadine ^a   Huvent, Dominique ^a   Loïez, Caroline ^a   Wallet, Frédéric ^a   Courcol, René J ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HELCOCOCCUS KUNZII; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; CLASSIFICATION; FOOT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; CELLULITIS; FOOT DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 48949095740     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000471-0     Document Type: Article

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