Kocuria rhizophila adds to the emerging spectrum of micrococcal species involved in human infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3537-3539

  Becker, Karsten ^a,b   Rutsch, Frank ^a   Uekötter, Andreas ^a   Kipp, Frank ^a   König, Jens ^a   Marquardt, Thorsten ^a   Peters, Georg ^a   Von Eiff, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; MACROLIDE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDURIA; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME DEFECT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOCCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTEREMIA; CHILD; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

KOCURIA RHIZOPHILA;

EID: 53649095320     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00823-08     Document Type: Article

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