Chromobacterium violaceum causing sepsis and focal ulcer in a healthy child

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-283

  Way, Sing Sing ^a   Sidbury, Robert ^a   Dooms, Kevin ^b   Shors, Andy ^a   Qin, Xuan ^c   Crane, Heidi M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; WOUND;

EID: 34447515285     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IPC.0b013e31803097d9     Document Type: Article

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