Urinary tract infection caused by Aerococcus viridans, a case report

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Gopalachar, Anuradha ^a,b   Akins, Ronda L ^c   Davis, William R ^c   Siddiqui, Afzal A ^b,c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerococcus viridans; Microaerophilic gram positive cocci; Urinary tract infections; Urosepsis

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

AEROCOCCUS VIRIDANS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DYSURIA; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NURSING HOME; STREPTOCOCCUS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OFLOXACIN; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 9144274482     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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