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dc.contributor.authorFe Talento, Alida
dc.contributor.authorMalnick, Henry
dc.contributor.authorCotter, Meaghan
dc.contributor.authorBrady, Anne
dc.contributor.authorMcGowan, Denise
dc.contributor.authorSmyth, Edmond
dc.contributor.authorFitzpatrick, Fidelma
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-15T10:06:57Z
dc.date.available2013-07-15T10:06:57Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.identifier.citationBrevibacterium otitidis: an elusive cause of neurosurgical infection. 2013, 62 (Pt 3):486-8 J. Med. Microbiol.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1473-5644
dc.identifier.pmid23222861
dc.identifier.doi10.1099/jmm.0.043109-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/295970
dc.description.abstractCoryneform bacteria are usually considered as non-pathogenic when isolated from clinical specimens. We present a case of Brevibacterium otitidis neurosurgical infection in an immunocompetent patient, and highlight the difficulty with identification and interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility results for this unusual pathogen.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Journal of medical microbiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshActinomycetales Infections
dc.subject.meshAnti-Bacterial Agents
dc.subject.meshBrevibacterium
dc.subject.meshDiskectomy
dc.subject.meshDrug Resistance, Bacterial
dc.subject.meshEpidural Abscess
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMicrobial Sensitivity Tests
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshPostoperative Complications
dc.subject.meshRNA, Bacterial
dc.subject.meshRNA, Ribosomal, 16S
dc.titleBrevibacterium otitidis: an elusive cause of neurosurgical infection.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland. alidafetalento@gmail.comen_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of medical microbiologyen_GB
dc.description.fundingNo fundingen
dc.description.provinceLeinsteren
dc.description.peer-reviewpeer-reviewen
html.description.abstractCoryneform bacteria are usually considered as non-pathogenic when isolated from clinical specimens. We present a case of Brevibacterium otitidis neurosurgical infection in an immunocompetent patient, and highlight the difficulty with identification and interpretation of antimicrobial susceptibility results for this unusual pathogen.


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