Globicatella sanguinis meningitis associated with human carriage

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1491-1493

  Héry Arnaud, Geneviève ^a,b   Doloy, Alexandra ^c   Ansart, Séverine ^a   Lay, Geneviève Le ^a   Flèche Matéos, Anne Le ^d   Seizeur, Romuald ^a   Garré, Michel ^a   Payan, Christopher ^a,b   Bouvet, Anne ^c  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BREST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GLOBICATELLA SANGUINIS; GLOBICATELLA SULFIDIFACIENS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGITIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REMISSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AEROCOCCACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARRIER STATE; CEFOTAXIME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROIN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECTUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

GLOBICATELLA; GLOBICATELLA SANGUINIS;

EID: 77950498749     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01299-09     Document Type: Article

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