Clinical aspects of invasive infection with Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in elderly patients

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-71

  Takahashi, Takashi ^a,b   Asami, Ryoko ^a   Tanabe, Kanako ^a   Hirono, Yasuo ^a   Nozawa, Yukiko ^a   Chiba, Naoko ^b   Ubukata, Kimiko ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulitis; Pneumonia; Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis; Urosepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTIAM; CEFOZOPRAN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SULBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE EQUISIMILIS; SYMPTOM; UROSEPSIS;

EID: 76649116844     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-009-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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