Aeromonas infection of the hepatobiliary system: Report of 15 cases and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 506-513

  Clark, Nina M ^a,c   Chenoweth, Carol E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC DISEASES;

EID: 0042442479     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/376629     Document Type: Article

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