Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum isolated from relevant clinical sites of infection: A human pathogen overlooked in emerging countries

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-464

  Camello, T C F ^a   Souza, M C ^a   Martins, C A S ^a,b   Damasco, P V ^a,c   Marques, E A ^a   Pimenta, F P ^a   Pereira, G A ^a   Hirata, R ^a   Mattos Guaraldi, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum; Emerging countries; End stage renal disease; Multiresistance; Newborns; Peritoneal fluid; Surgical wounds

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL SITES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERITICUM; EMERGING COUNTRIES; END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE; MULTIRESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PERITONEAL FLUID; SURGICAL WOUND;

HOSPITALS;

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN;

BACTERIA; DISEASE CONTROL; PATHOGENS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; DISEASE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERIAE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNE; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERITICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149101533     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02553.x     Document Type: Article

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