Fatal septicemia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in a child from Colombia

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 391-393

  Martinez, Pedro ^a   Mattar, Salim ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Chromobacterium violaceum; Fatal septicemia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; X RAY;

EID: 37849028048     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000600011     Document Type: Article

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