Bloodstream infection due to Mycoplasma arginini in an immunocompromised patient

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3133-3135

  Watanabe, Mayumi ^a   Hitomi, Shigemi ^a   Goto, Miki ^a   Hasegawa, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MINOCYCLINE; RNA 16S; SPARFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIA; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; JAPANESE; JOINT SWELLING; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MULTIPLE JOINT TUMEFACTION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA ARGININE; NEUTROPENIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84865169628     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00736-12     Document Type: Article

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