Clinical significance of propionibacterium acnes recovered from blood cultures: Analysis of 524 episodes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1598-1601

  Park, Hyun Jung ^a   Na, Shin ^a   Park, Seong Yeon ^a   Moon, Song Mi ^a   Cho, Oh Hyun ^a   Park, Ki Ho ^a   Chong, Yong Pil ^a   Kim, Sung Han ^a   Lee, Sang Oh ^a   Kim, Yang Soo ^a   Woo, Jun Hee ^a   Kim, Mi Na ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN PLUS GENTAMICIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; SULTAMICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 79953896038     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01842-10     Document Type: Article

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