Acinetobacter baumannii mediastinitis after cardiopulmonary bypass: Case report and literature review

Surgical Infections

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Lachanas, Elias ^a   Tomos, Periklis ^a   Sfyras, Nicolaos ^b   Miyakis, Spiros ^a   Kostakis, Alkiviadis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SULBACTAM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 42449088883     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.097     Document Type: Review

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