Shigella sonnei bacteremia: Two adult cases and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-173

  Hawkins, Claudia ^a   Taiwo, Babafemi ^a   Bolon, Maureen ^a   Julka, Kabir ^a   Adewole, Adeola ^b   Stosor, Valentina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DROTRECOGIN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESUSCITATION; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 33847159267     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600786580     Document Type: Article

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