Psychrobacter bacteraemia in a cirrhotic patient after the consumption of raw geoduck clam

Journal of Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Leung, Wai K ^a   Chow, Viola C Y ^a   Chan, Martin C W ^a   Ling, Julia M L ^a   Sung, Joseph J Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Cirrhosis; Geoduck clam; Psychrobacter

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLAMP; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FECES CULTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHROBACTER; PSYCHROBACTER PHENYLPYRUVICUS; RAW FOOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BIVALVIA; CEFTAZIDIME; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PSYCHROBACTER; SEAFOOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744505120     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.08.031     Document Type: Article

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