Infections caused by unusual Methylobacterium species

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3329-3331

  Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Cheng, Aristine ^b   Liu, Wei Lun ^a   Tan, Che Kim ^a   Huang, Yu Tsung ^b   Chung, Kuei Pin ^b   Lee, Meng Rui ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

16S RRNA GENE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM AMINOVORANS; METHYLOBACTERIUM LUSITANUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM RADIOTOLERANS; METHYLOBACTERIUM THIOCYANATUM; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RNA GENE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

METHYLOBACTERIUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM AMINOVORANS; METHYLOBACTERIUM LUSITANUM; METHYLOBACTERIUM RADIOTOLERANS; METHYLOBACTERIUM THIOCYANATUM;

EID: 80052244310     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01241-11     Document Type: Article

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