Cystic fibrosis patient with Burkholderia pseudomallei infection acquired in Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4077-4080

  Barth, Afonso Luís ^a   De Abreu E Silva, Fernando Antonio ^a   Hoffmann, Anneliese ^a   Vieira, Maria Izolete ^a   Zavascki, Alexandre Prehn ^a   Ferreira, Alex Guerra ^b   Da Cunha Jr , Luiz Gonzaga ^b   Albano, Rodolpho Mattos ^c   Marques, Elizabeth De Andrade ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONOTHERAPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPUTUM;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 37249071819     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01386-07     Document Type: Article

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