Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteremia: Four cases and review of the literature

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 286-291

  Boken, Daniel J ^a,b   Romero, José R ^a   Cavalieri, Stephen J ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 0031868311     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-199808000-00011     Document Type: Article

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