Vascular catheter—related bloodstream infection due to acinetobacter johnsonii (formerly acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. lwoffii): Report of 13 cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 632-636

  Seifert, H ^a   Strate, A ^a   Schulze, A ^a   Pulverer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; IMIPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPIRAMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INDWELLING CATHETER; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0027420337     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/17.4.632     Document Type: Article

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