Clinical significance and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Aerococcus sanguinicola and Aerococcus urinae

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 448-451

  Shelton Dodge, Kelsey ^a   Vetter, Emily A ^b   Kohner, Peggy C ^b   Nyre, Lisa M ^b   Patel, Robin ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerococcus sanguinicola; Aerococcus species; Aerococcus urinae; Antimicrobial susceptibilities

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS; AEROCOCCUS SANGUINICOLA; AEROCOCCUS URINAE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 79960371511     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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