Actinobaculum schaali bacteremia in an aged male patient;Bactériémie à Actinobaculum schaali chez un homme âgé

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 617-619

  Martinaud, C ^a   Gaillard, T ^a   Maslin, J ^a   Riviere P ^a   Fournier, R ^a   Trueba, F ^b   Brisou, P ^a  

^a Military Teaching Hospital Sainte Anne   (France)

^b University of Paris Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Actinobaculum schaali; Bacteremia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADENOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56549101332     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.09.013     Document Type: Letter

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