Catheter-related bloodstream infections caused by rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria: a case series including rare species

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-191

  Hawkins, Claudia ^a   Qi, Chao ^a   Warren, John ^a   Stosor, Valentina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood stream infection; Catheter; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTETAN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER RELATED BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM NEOAURUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SEPTICUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43549102645     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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