Fatal septicaemia due to Chromobacterium violaceum

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-381

  Manjunath, M ^a  

^a Port of Spain General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FATALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TROPICS;

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

EID: 37349006125     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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