A rubber-degrading organism growing from a human body

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gupta, Mohit ^a   Prasad, Deepali ^a   Khara, Harshit S ^a   Alcid, David ^a  

^a SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Gordonia polyisoprenivorans; Leukemia; Pneumonia; Rubber degrading organism

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; GORDONIA; GORDONIA POLYISOPRENIVORANS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; PNEUMONIA;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GORDONIA BACTERIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RUBBER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74649083368     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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