Empyema caused by Mycoplasma salivarium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1805-1806

  Baracaldo, Rafael ^a   Foltzer, Michael ^a   Patel, Robin ^b   Bourbeau, Paul ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA SALIVARIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SPUTUM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA SALIVARIUM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84860006839     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06839-11     Document Type: Article

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