Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia: A 10-year analysis of 54 cases

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 360-363

  Gomez Cerezo J ^a   Suarez I ^a   Rios J J ^a   Pena P ^a   Garcia De Miguel M J ^a   De Jose M ^a   Monteagudo, O ^a   Linares, P ^a   Barbado Cano, A ^a   Vazquez J J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; AZLOCILLIN; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN;

ACHROMOBACTER; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID TUMOR; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCALIGENES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038234968     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-0925-3     Document Type: Review

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