Invasive Chromobacterium violaceum infection in children: Case report and review

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 559-561

  Sirinavin, Sayomporn ^a   Techasaensiri, Chonnamet ^a   Benjaponpitak, Suwat ^a   Pornkul, Rattanaporn ^a   Vorachit, Malai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Chronic granulomatous disease; Hepatic abscess; Pulmonary abscess; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SYMPTOM; THAILAND; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABSCESS; BACTEREMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; SPLEEN;

EID: 20544437713     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000164761.81491.3f     Document Type: Review

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