Soft tissue infections caused by Actinomyces neuii, a rare pathogen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1508-1509

  Gómez Garcés, José Luis ^a   Burillo, Almudena ^a   Gil, Yolanda ^a   Sáez Nieto, Juan A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BIOMATERIAL; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES NEUII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYST; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

ACTINOMYCES NEUII;

EID: 77950471094     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02139-09     Document Type: Letter

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