title: Two Cases of Clostridium tertium Infection and Successful Identification of the Organism by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Analysis.
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.|Section of Infection Diseases, Laboratory Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. jyumiko@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Joichi
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Shizuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kayama
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.|Research Facility, Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikue
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.|Section of Infection Diseases, Laboratory Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.affiliation: Section of Infection Diseases, Laboratory Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furushimo
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.|Section of Infection Diseases, Laboratory Division of Clinical Support, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koba
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.|Division of Laboratory Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokozaki
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.|Department of Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohge
authors.affiliation: Project Research Center for Nosocomial Infectious Diseases, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Motoyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugai
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D048010:Clostridium tertium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents