Capnocytophaga sputigena empyema

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2772-2774

  Li, Andrew ^a   Tambyah, Paul ^a   Chan, Douglas ^a   Leong, Khoo Kay ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYLGALACTOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; ESCULIN; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA SPUTIGENA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DYSPHAGIA; EMPYEMA; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOSE FEEDING; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMICROBIAL EMPYEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; COINFECTION; EMPYEMA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84880634803     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00884-13     Document Type: Article

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