Nosocomial Brevundimonas vesicularis meningitis

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-237

  Mondello, Placido ^a   Ferrari, Lucio ^b   Carnevale, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Divisione di Malattie Infettive   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio di Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brevundimonas vesicularis; Hospital infection; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRAIN STEM; BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS;

EID: 33846684261     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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