Brevundimonas bacteremia: Two case reports and literature review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Chi, Chih Yu ^a   Fung, Chang Phone ^a   Wong, Wing Wai ^a   Liu, Cheng Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLOMOXEF; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREVUNDIMONAS; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 1242342114     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310018879     Document Type: Article

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