Multidrug resistant Chromobacterium violaceum: An unusual bacterium causing long standing wound abscess [4]

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-218

  Dutta, S ^a   Dutta, S K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0346264868     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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