Bacteraemia due to Bacteroides fragilis with reduced susceptibility to metronidazole [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1436-1437

  Elsaghier, A A F ^a   Brazier, J S ^b   James, E A ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROIMIDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA 16S; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEVER; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; RECTUM ADENOMA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 0037971537     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg265     Document Type: Letter

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