Bacteremia caused by Mycobacterium wolinskyi

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1818-1819

  Chen, Yu Chuan ^a   Jou, Ruwen ^b   Huang, Wei Lun ^b   Huang, Shao Tsung ^c   Liu, Keng Chang ^a,d   Lay, Chorng Jang ^a,d   Chang, Shu Mei ^a,d   Tseng, Chih En ^a,d   Lai, Chun Liang ^a   Su, Yu Chieh ^a,d  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^c Chest Hospital Health Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; EPIRUBICIN; IMIPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROCENTESIS; BACTEREMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549087582     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1411.080003     Document Type: Letter

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