Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 573-576 , 2007

Cellulitis and Bacteremia Caused by Bergeyella zoohelcum

  • Wei-Ru Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yao-Shen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Ching Liu

      Affiliations

    • Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yung-Ching Liu, Section of Infectious Diseases, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan

Received 28 June 2006 ,Revised 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 2 January 2007.

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PII: S0929-6646(07)60008-4

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(07)60008-4

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 7 , Pages 573-576 , 2007

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