Metastatic complications from Staphylococcus intermedius, a zoonotic pathogen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1099-1101

  Hatch, Steven ^a   Sree, Aruna ^a   Tirrell, Sandra ^a   Torres, Brenda ^a   Rothman, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETRETIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CONFUSION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; METASTASIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RASH; SINUSITIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; WEAKNESS;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 84857409706     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05170-11     Document Type: Article

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