Chromobacterium violaceum septicemia: first case report in the French West Indies;Septicémie à Chromobacterium violaceum : premier cas rapporté aux Antilles françaises

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 613-615

  Gregory A ^a   Ribollet, D ^a   Pailla, K ^a   Bourgade, M ^a   Alma, S ^a  

^a Centre hospitalier Louis Domergue   (Martinique)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Septicemia; Septicemic shock

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATALASE; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; SEPTICEMIA; SOIL ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

ADULT; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARTINIQUE; SEPSIS;

EID: 35348889195     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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