Lower extremity cellulitis and bacteremia with Herbaspirillum seropedicae associated with aquatic exposure in a patient with cirrhosis

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 277-279

  Tan, Michael J ^a,b,e   Oehler, Richard L ^c,d  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HERBASPIRILLUM; HERBASPIRILLUM SEROPEDICAE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LEG; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

EID: 25644456918     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.idc.0000170026.41994.8d     Document Type: Article

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