Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia with multiple splenic abscesses in a 75-year-old woman: A case report

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 595-596

  See, K C ^a   Than, H A ^a   Tang, Terence ^a  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly; Enterobacter sakazakii bacteraemia; Multiple splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ABSCESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; AGED; BACTEREMIA; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPLENIC DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII;

EID: 35048813439     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm092     Document Type: Article

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