Clinical and microbiological characteristics of bacteremia caused by Eggerthella, Paraeggerthella, and Eubacterium species at a University Hospital in Taiwan from 2001 to 2010

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2053-2055

  Lee, Meng Rui ^a,b   Huang, Yu Tsung ^c   Liao, Chun Hsing ^c   Chuang, Tzu Yi ^a   Wang, Wei Jie ^a   Lee, Shih Wei ^a   Lee, Li Na ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFMETAZOLE; CLINDAMYCIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DORIPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGAR DILUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES CACCAE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIOFORME; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EGGERTHELLA; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM CALLANDERI; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARAEGGERTHELLA HONGKONGENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EGGERTHELLA; EGGERTHELLA LENTA; EUBACTERIUM CALLANDERI; EUBACTERIUM LIMOSUM;

EID: 84862063084     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00548-12     Document Type: Article

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