Chromobacterium violaceum: A case report of an unusual bacterium causing puerperal sepsis

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 450-452

  Mahapatra, Ashoka ^a,b   Roy, Dolan ^a   Poddar, Nirmala ^a   Panda, Rakesh ^a   Sarangi, Geetanjali ^a   Mallick, Bandana ^a   Chayani, Nirupama ^a  

^a S C B MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

C. violaceum; Puerperal sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; GATIFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPSIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 33748877129     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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