Urethritis due to Corynebacterium glucuronolyticum

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 720-721

  Galan Sanchez, Fátima ^a   Aznar Marin, Pilar ^a   Marin Casanova, Pilar ^a   Garcia Martos, Pedro ^a   Rodriguez Iglesias, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium; Coryneform; Non gonococcal urethritis

Indexed keywords

ARYL ACYLAMIDASE; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CATALASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCULIN; LEUCINE ARYLAMIDASE; PENICILLIN G; PYRAZINAMIDASE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMENSAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUCURONOLYTICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; SCROTAL PAIN; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

EID: 84855452233     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0237-y     Document Type: Article

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