Enteric fever-like syndrome caused by Raoultella ornithinolytica (Klebsiella ornithinolytica)

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 868-869

  Morais, Victoria Pulian ^a   Daporta, Matilde Trigo ^a   Bao, Alberto Fernandez ^a   Campello, Marta Garcia ^a   Quindós Andrés, Guillermo ^b  

^a Service of Microbiology   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA; TYPHOID FEVER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TYPHOID FEVER;

RAOULTELLA ORNITHINOLYTICA;

EID: 62749098325     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01709-08     Document Type: Letter

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