Fatal Clostridium tertium septicemia in a nonneutropenic patient

Journal of Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-80

  Tappe, Dennis ^b   Dirks, Jürgen ^b   Müller, Rainer ^b   Brederlau, Jörg ^b   Abele Horn, Marianne ^b   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a,b   Kurzai, Oliver ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad spectrum cephalosporins; Clostridium tertium septicemia; Ileus; Nonneutropenic patient

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; MEZLOCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; ILEUS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPENIA; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 11144350606     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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