Sphingomonas mucosissima bacteremia in patient with sickle cell disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-134

  Angelakis, Emmanouil ^a   Roux, Véronique ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; IMIPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPSILOMETER TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SEPTICEMIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS MUCOSISSIMA; SPLENECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 58849132029     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1501.080465     Document Type: Letter

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