Corynebacterium striatum-A classic pathogen eluding diagnosis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Boltin, Doron ^a   Katzir, Michal ^b   Bugoslavsky, Victoria ^a   Yalashvili, Irma ^a   Brosh Nissimov, Tal ^c   Fried, Moti ^c   Elkayam, Ori ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine F ^*  (Israel)

^b Infectious Disease Unit   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Corynebacterium striatum; Diphteroides; Embolism; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMIPENEM; STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DEATH; EDEMA; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LAVAGE; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MITRAL VALVE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNOVECTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 64749085632     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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