Chromobacterium violaceum infection in Brazil. A case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-113

  Martinez, Roberto ^a   Velludo, Maria Angeles Sanches L ^b   Santos, Vanda Roseli Dos ^b   Dinamarco, Paula Vanessa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Liver abscess; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FATALITY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHROMOBACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE;

EID: 0034151639     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000200008     Document Type: Article

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