Six cases of Aerococcus sanguinicola infection: Clinical relevance and bacterial identification

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 761-765

  Ibler, Kristina ^a   Truberg Jensen, Kjeld ^b   Østergaard, Christian ^c   Wolff Sönksen, Ute ^b   Bruun, Brita ^b   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^d   Kemp, Michael ^a   Dargis, Rimtas ^a   Andresen, Keld ^a   Jørgen Christensen, Jens ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS SANGUINICOLA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; DENMARK; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 50549087896     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802078059     Document Type: Article

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