Vertebral osteomyelitis associated with Granulicatella adiacens

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 126-129

  Fukuda, Ryuki ^a   Oki, Masayuki ^a   Ueda, Akihiro ^a   Yanagi, Hidetaka ^a   Komatsu, Masamichi ^a   Itoh, Masahito ^a   Oka, Akiko ^a   Nishina, Makoto ^a   Ozawa, Hideki ^a   Takagi, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulicatella adiacens; Nutritionally variant streptococci; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFCAPENE; GENTAMICIN; LOXOPROFEN; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLITIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARNOBACTERIACEAE; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 78650130520     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: 21852243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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