A rare case of lethal retroperitoneal abscess caused by Citrobacter koseri

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 364-366

  Cai, Tommaso ^a   Giubilei, Gianluca ^a   Vichi, Francesca ^b   Farina, Umberto ^a   Costanzi, Antonio ^a   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics; Citrobacter koseri; Retroperitoneal abscess; Sepsis; Surgical drainage

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CITROBACTER KOSERI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL ABSCESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; AGED; CITROBACTER KOSERI; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36248936580     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109725     Document Type: Article

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