Streptococcus bovis isolated in haemoculture a signal of malignant lesion of the colon

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1007-1009

  Kasmi, Gentian ^a   Andoni, Robert ^a   Mano, Vasilika ^a   Kraja, Dhimiter ^b   Muço, Ermira ^b   Kasmi, Irena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^b TUHC   (Albania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLONOSCOPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BACTEREMIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 83455236502     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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