Infections caused by Gordonia species at a medical centre in Taiwan, 1997 to 2008

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1448-1453

  Lai, C C ^a   Wang, C Y ^a   Liu, C Y ^b   Tan, C K ^c   Lin, S H ^d   Liao, C H ^b   Chou, C H ^e   Huang, Y T ^e   Lin, H I ^a   Hsueh, P R ^e  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Catheter related infection; Gordonia spp.; Keratitis; Molecular diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GORDONIA; GORDONIA SPUTI; GORDONIA TERRAE; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TAIWAN; WOUND INFECTION;

GORDONIA SPUTI; GORDONIA TERRAE;

EID: 77956130807     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03085.x     Document Type: Article

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