Severe sepsis caused by Arcanobacterium hoemolyticum: A case report and review of the literature

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1697-1702

  Therriault, Bridgette L ^a   Daniels, Lindsay Mayer ^b   Carter, Yvonne L ^d   Raasch, Ralph H ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum; Corynebacterium haemolyticum; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; SEPSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; AZITHROMYCIN; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLINS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PYOMYOSITIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 55949110496     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1L294     Document Type: Article

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