Five cases of bacteraemia due to Gordonia species

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1376-1378

  Brust, James C M ^a   Whittier, Susan ^b   Scully, Brian E ^b   McGregor, Carlton C ^b   Yin, Michael T ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STEROID; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTEREMIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GORDONIA; GORDONIA BRONCHIALIS; GORDONIA SPUTI; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349311390     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.010272-0     Document Type: Article

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