Cervical necrotizing fasciitis: A novel clinical presentation of Burkholderia cepacia infection

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Marioni, Gino ^a   Rinaldi, Roberto ^b   Ottaviano, Giancarlo ^a   Marchese Ragona, Rosario ^a   Savastano, Marina ^a   Staffieri, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic drug resistance; Burkholderia cepacia; Cervical necrotizing fasciitis; Neck

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN PHOSPHATE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NECK DISSECTION; NECK PAIN; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NECK; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33749507931     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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