Bacteremia caused by Pantoea agglomerans and enterococcus faecalis in a patient with colon cancer

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-290

  Christakis, George B ^a,c   Perlorentzou, S P ^a   Aslanidou, M ^a   Savva, L ^a   Zarkadis, I K ^b  

^a METAXA CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Colon cancer; DNA sequencing; Meropenem; Pantoea agglomerans; Polymicrobial bacteremia

Indexed keywords

ANTIANDROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON CANCER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FATALITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PROSTATE CANCER; REOPERATION; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PANTOEA; THIENAMYCINS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 34447122814     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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