Rahnella aquatilis bacteremia from a suspected urinary source

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2526-2528

  Tash, Kaley ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c 512 Mather House Mail Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFONICID; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEZLOCILLIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; RAHNELLA;

ENTEROBACTER; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; RAHNELLA AQUATILIS;

EID: 18544367376     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2526-2528.2005     Document Type: Article

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