Pantoea agglomerans bacteremia in a 65-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia: Case report and review

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-103

  Uche, Anayochukwu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Western Arizona Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Enterobacter agglomerans; Leukemia; Pantoea; Pantoea agglomerans

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFAZOLIN; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; CHILL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RIGOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; PANTOEA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 37849047021     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31815d3ca6     Document Type: Review

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