Non-diphtheriae Corynebacterium species: An emerging respiratory pathogen

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 769-772

  Diez Aguilar M ^a   Ruiz Garbajosa, P ^a   Fernandez Olmos A ^a   Guisado, P ^a   Del Campo, R ^a   Quereda, C ^a   Canton R ^a   Meseguer, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PROPINQUUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDODIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM STRIATUM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM;

EID: 84878238207     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1805-5     Document Type: Article

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