Polymicrobial bloodstream infection with Eggerthella lenta and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3810-3812

  Liderot, Karin ^a   Larsson, Martin ^b   Boräng, Stina ^a   Özenci, Volkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; EGGERTHELLA LENTA;

EID: 77957790385     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02481-09     Document Type: Article

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