Gordonia sputi bacteremia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1535-1537

  Renvoise, Aurélie ^a   Harle, Jean Robert ^b   Raoult, Didier ^a   Roux, Véronique ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; TIMENTIN;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; GORDONIA; GORDONIA SPUTI; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; FRANCE; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE;

EID: 70249083851     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.080903     Document Type: Letter

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