Community-acquired pneumonia and empyema caused by Pseudomonas stutzeri: A case report

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-178

  Köse, Mehmet ^a   Öztürk, Mustafa ^a   Kuyucu, Tamer ^a   Güneş, Tamer ^a   Akçakuş, Mustafa ^a   Sümerkan, Bülent ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Community acquired pneumonia; Pseudomonas stutzeri

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPYEMA; FERMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOTAXIME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMPYEMA; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG; MALE; PIPERACILLIN; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942511361     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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