A case of Chromobacterium infection after car accident in Korea

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 700-702

  Kim, Myeong Hee ^a   Lee, Hee Joo ^a   Suh, Jin Tae ^a   Chang, Boo Soon ^a   Cho, Kyu Seok ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ASTROMICIN; CEFAPIRIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; LACERATION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 29144438904     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: 05135796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2005.46.5.700     Document Type: Article

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