Femoral prosthesis infection by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3544-3545

  Savini, Vincenzo ^a   Sozio, Federica ^a   Catavitello, Chiara ^a   Talia, Marzia ^a   Manna, Assunta ^a   Febbo, Fabio ^a   Balbinot, Andrea ^a   Di Bonaventura, Giovanni ^b   Piccolomini, Raffaele ^b   Parruti, Giustino ^a   D'Antonio, Domenico ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN A; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE; GLUCOSE; ITRACONAZOLE; MANNITOL; PIPERACILLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCUBATION TIME; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RHODOTORULA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RHODOTORULA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RHODOTORULA MUCILAGINOSA;

EID: 53649100860     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00873-08     Document Type: Article

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