Misidentification of toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae as a Corynebacterium species with low virulence in a child with endocarditis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1275-1276

  Pennie, Ross A ^a   Malik, Alam Sher ^b   Wilcox, Lindsay ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9244251970     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1275-1276.1996     Document Type: Article

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