Septicemia in neutropenic patients infected with Clostridium tertitium resistant to cefepime and other expanded-spectrum cephalosporins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3778-3779

  Steyaert, Sophia ^a   Peleman, Renaat ^a   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^a   De Baere, Thierry ^a   Claeys, Geert ^a   Verschraegen, Gerda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0032873632     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3778-3779.1999     Document Type: Article

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