Staphylococcus lugdunensis: Novel organism causing cochlear implant infection

Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 22-23

  Bhumbra, Samina ^a   Mahboubi, Mona ^a   Blackwood, Roland Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococcus; Cochlear implant; Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS;

EID: 84929596322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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