Prosthetic joint infection caused by Mycobacterium alvei in an elderly patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3096-3098

  Lee, Chen Hsiang ^a,b   You, Huey Ling ^b   Wang, Jun Wen ^b   Tang, Ya Fen ^b   Liu, Jien Wei ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BONE CEMENT; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; PIPERACILLIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KNEE ENDOPROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ALVEI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE NECROSIS;

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MYCOBACTERIUM ALVEI;

EID: 79960965345     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00603-11     Document Type: Article

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