A cord blood transplant recipient with Mycobacterium mucogenicum central venous catheter infection after infusion of tap water

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-569

  Fleming, Gregory A ^a   Frangoul, Haydar ^a   Dermody, Terence S ^a,b   Halasa, Natasha ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Central venous catheter infection; Mycobacterium mucogenicum; Stem cell transplant

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TAP WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744989933     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000219406.06431.67     Document Type: Article

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