Mycobacterium mucogenicum sepsis in an immunocompetent patient

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Fonteyn, Nathalie ^a   Wauters, Georges ^a   Vandercam, Bernard ^a   Degraux, Josiane ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a   Vincent, Véronique ^b   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

M nchausen syndrome; Mycobacterium mucogenicum sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; SEPSIS;

EID: 33747417131     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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