Microbiological and host features associated with corynebacteriosis in cancer patients: a five-year study

During a five-year period, 932 clinical isolates from cancer patients treated in a Brazilian reference centre were identified as corynebacteria; 86% of the cultures came from patients who had been clinically and microbiologically classified as infected and 77.1% of these patients had been hospitalis...

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Main Authors: CAS Martins, LMD Faria, MC Souza, TCF Camello, E Velasco, R Hirata Jr, LCS Thuler, AL Mattos-Guaraldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2009-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762009000600015