Kytococcus schroeteri infection of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a child

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jourdain, Sarah ^a   Miendje Deyi, Véronique Yvette ^a   Musampa, Karine ^a   Wauters, Georges ^b   Denis, Olivier ^c   Lepage, Philippe ^a   Vergison, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infection; Pediatrics; VP shunt

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; JOSAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KYTOCOCCUS SCHROETERI; MALE; MICROCOCCUS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SHUNTING; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ALGERIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 67349261465     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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