Urinary tract infection caused by Kluyvera ascorbata in an immunocompromised patient: Case report and review

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 375-378

  Torre, Donato ^a   Crespi, Emanuela ^a   Bernasconi, Matteo ^a   Rapazzini, Piero ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIANDROGEN; CEFALOTIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KLUYVERA; KLUYVERA ASCORBATA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 18844445147     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410021180-1     Document Type: Article

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