Postoperative mediastinitis due to Finegoldia magna with negative blood cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4180-4182

  Kernéis, Solen ^a,b,c   Matta, Matta ^a,b   Hoï, Annie Buu ^a,b   Podglajen, Isabelle ^a,b   Gutmann, Laurent ^a,b   Novara, Ana ^a   Latremouille, Christian ^a,b   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c université Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CULTURE MEDIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

FINEGOLDIA MAGNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 71549151926     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01192-09     Document Type: Article

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