Actinobaculum schaalii causing fournier's gangrene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2369-2371

  Vanden Bempt, Isabelle ^a   Van Trappen, Stefanie ^b   Cleenwerck, Ilse ^b   De Vos, Paul ^b   Camps, Kim ^a   Celens, Annemie ^a   Van De Vyvere, Martine ^a  

^a Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GENOMIC DNA; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIBOSOME RNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARCANOBACTERIUM HAEMOLYTICUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN INFILTRATE; SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79957527273     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00272-11     Document Type: Article

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