Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia with meningitis and endophthalmitis in Italy [3]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-235

  Giobbia, Mario ^a   Scotton, Pier Giorgio ^a,d   Carniato, Antonella ^a   Cruciani, Mario ^a   Farnia, Antonio ^b   Daniotti, Enrico ^c   Scarpa, Giorgio ^c   Vaglia, Alberto ^a  

^a Infectious Disease Department   (Italy)

^b Intensive Care Department   (Italy)

^c Oculistic Department   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PEFLOXACIN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANISOCORIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; NAUSEA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TOPICAL TREATMENT; UVEITIS; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 0142153221     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(03)90060-9     Document Type: Letter

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