Bacteremia due to Campylobacter species: Clinical findings and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1414-1420

  Pigrau, Carlos ^a,b   Bartolome, Rosa ^a   Almirante, Benito ^a   Planes, Ana Maria ^a   Gavalda, Juan ^a   Pahissa, Albert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANCER; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031434716     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516127     Document Type: Article

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