Investigation of an apparent outbreak of Rhodococcus equi bacteremia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Langer, Adam J ^a,b   Feja, Kristina ^c,d   Lasker, Brent A ^e   Hinrikson, Hans P ^e   Morey, Roger E ^e   Pellegrini, Gerald J ^e   Smith, Theresa L ^e   Robertson, Corwin ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SAINT PETER S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Bacteremia; DNA Sequencing, MLST; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARAGINASE MACROGOL; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GORDONIA RUBRIPERTINCTUS; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951434886     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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