Article
Gordona terrae central nervous system infection in an immunocompetent patient.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 1997
Drancourt M, Pelletier J, Cherif A A, Raoult D
Abstract excerpt
The bacterial genus Gordona includes seven species of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes which are cultured from environmental sources and rarely from clinical samples. They have been implicated in primary pulmonary diseases, nosocomial wound infections, and central nervous system infections in two immunocompromised patients. We isolated Gordona terrae from the cerebrospinal fluid sample of an immunocompetent...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
