Catheter-related bacteremia due to Kocuria rosea in a patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Altuntas, Fevzi ^a   Yildiz, Orhan ^a   Eser, Bülent ^a   Gündogan, Kürsat ^a   Sumerkan, Bulent ^a   Çetin, Mustafa ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBOPLATIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICROCOCCACEAE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MICROCOCCACEAE; MICROCOCCUS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 25444481096     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-4-62     Document Type: Article

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