Clostridium butyricum sepsis in an injection drug user with an indwelling central venous catheter

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 236-239

  Gardner, Edward M ^a,b,c   Kestler, Mary ^a,c   Beieler, Alison ^b   Belknap, Robert W ^a,b,c  

^a DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COCAINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; NAFCILLIN; NORADRENALIN; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NEEDLE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CLOSTRIDIUM BUTYRICUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38949201328     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47578-0     Document Type: Article

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