Prosthetic joint infection caused by Helcococcus kunzii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 528-530

  Pérez Jorge, Conchita ^a   Cordero, José ^b   Marin, Mercedes ^c   Estebana, Jaime ^a  

^a 28400 Madrid   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATALASE; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHROSCOPIC DEBRIDEMENT; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISK DIFFUSION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HELCOCOCCUS KUNZII; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROFRACTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURGICAL WOUND; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SONICATION;

HELCOCOCCUS KUNZII;

EID: 84856141621     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01244-11     Document Type: Article

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