Two cases of keratitis and corneal ulcers caused by Burkholderia gladioli

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2445-2449

  Lestin, Franka ^a   Kraak, Robert ^a   Podbielski, Andreas ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EYE DROPS; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; CASE REPORT; CORNEA ULCER; CORNEAL SWAB; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ULCER HEALING; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA GLADIOLI; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CORNEAL ULCER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 49049085518     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02442-07     Document Type: Article

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