Chromobacterium violaceum bacteremia: A case report

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-144

  Chen, Chang Hua ^a   Lin, Li Chen ^a   Liu, Chun Eng ^a   Young, Tzuu Guang ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Chromobacterium violaceum

Indexed keywords

FLOMOXEF;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0037815062     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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