Actinobaculum schaalii: Clinical observation of 20 cases

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1027-1031

  Beguelin, C ^a   Genne, D ^a   Vara, A ^b   Tritten, M L ^b   Siegrist, H H ^b   Jaton, K ^c   Lienhard, R ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b ADMED Microbiologie   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actinobaculum schaalii infections; Clinical observation; Emerging infections; Gram positive rod infections; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII INFECTION; ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY DELAY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ACTINOBACULUM; ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; CORYNEBACTERIACEAE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79959997708     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03370.x     Document Type: Article

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