Bacillus licheniformis as a cause of a deep skin abscess in a 5-year-old girl: An exceptional case following a plant thorn injury

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 819-821

  Yuste, José Ramón ^a   Franco, Sally Edita ^a   Sanders, Carlos ^a   Cruz, Sebastián ^a   Fernández Rivero, Marcelo Ernesto ^a   Mora, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACILLACEAE INFECTION; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ABSCESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ABSCESS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INJURIES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT STRUCTURES; SKIN;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHENAZINES; PLANT STRUCTURES; SKIN; TRIMETHOPRIM, SULFAMETHOXAZOLE DRUG COMBINATION;

EID: 84992412585     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2014.08.031     Document Type: Letter

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