Granulicatella infection: Diagnosis and management

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 755-761

  Cargill, James S ^a,b,c,d   Scott, Katharine S ^a   Gascoyne Binzi, Deborah ^a   Sandoe, Jonathan A T ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d NINEWELLS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; GRANULICATELLA; GRANULICATELLA ADIACENS; GRANULICATELLA INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARNOBACTERIACEAE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84861110572     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.039693-0     Document Type: Review

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