Actinobaculum schaalii: Review of an emerging uropathogen

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 260-267

  Cattoir, Vincent ^a,b  

^a CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

A. schaalii; Actinomyces; Bacteremia; Gram positive; Urinary tract infection; Urosepsis; UTI

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MECILLINAM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACULUM SCHAALII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC PYELONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTITIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENDOCARDITIS; GRAM POSITIVE ASPOROGENOUS ROD-SHAPED BACTERIA; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTATITIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SPONDYLITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UROSEPSIS;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84856589952     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.12.009     Document Type: Review

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