Bacteremia caused by Laribacter hongkongensis misidentified as Acinetobacter lwoffii: Report of the first case in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 679-681

  Kim, Dae Sik ^a   Wi, Yu Mi ^a   Choi, Ji Young ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asia Pacific Foundation for Infectious Diseases (APFID)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Laribacter hongkongensis; Neutrophilic ascites

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEISSERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH KOREA; WILSON DISEASE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; CEFOTAXIME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEISSERIACEAE; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955627489     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.5.679     Document Type: Article

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