Microbiological investigation and clinical significance of Corynebacterium spp. in respiratory specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-241

  Nhan, Tu Xuan ^a   Parienti, Jean Jacques ^a   Badiou, Guillaume ^a   Leclercq, Roland ^a,b   Cattoir, Vincent ^a,b  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

C. accolens; C. pseudosdiphtheriticum; C. striatum; Corynebacteria; Coryneform; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract infection; RTI

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; SPIRAMYCIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM ACCOLENS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867649657     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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