Soft tissue infection and bacteremia caused by Shewanella putrefaciens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2240-2241

  Pagani, Leonardo ^a   Lang, Adolf ^a   Vedovelli, Claudio ^a   Moling, Oswald ^a   Rimenti, Giovanni ^a   Pristerà, Raffaele ^a   Mian, Peter ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZLOCILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STEROID THERAPY; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

NEGIBACTERIA; SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0038289066     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2240-2241.2003     Document Type: Article

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