Gemella haemolysans Bacteraemia in a Patient with Solitary Liver Abscess

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 438-441

  Malik, Iqbal ^a   Ghosh, Sujoy ^a   Nutt, Cian ^a   Macdonald, Alan ^a   Bal, Abhijit M ^a   Collier, Andrew ^a  

^a AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gemella haemolysans; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS; GRAM STAINING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOLITARY LIVER ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFTRIAXONE; GEMELLA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE;

EID: 78049386208     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1684-1182(10)60067-9     Document Type: Article

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