Human case of Atopobium rimae bacteremia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 354-355

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

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBOSOME DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ATOPOBIUM RIMAE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STROKE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 63849210620     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1502.071399     Document Type: Letter

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