Nosocomial pneumonia likely caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in two patients with polymyositis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 910-916

  Amano, Koichi ^a   Maruyama, Hiroshi ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interstitial pneumonitis; Multi drug resistant bacteria; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETAMETHASONE; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFSULODIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLOMOXEF; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; ISEPAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE; SULPERAZON; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG ABSCESS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMYOSITIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0032732679     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.910     Document Type: Article

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