Burkholderia cepacia as a cause of ecthyma gangrenosum-like lesion

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-273

  Aygencel, G ^a   Dizbay, M ^a   Sahin, G ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SERUM GLOBULIN; SULPERAZON;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; ECTHYMA; ECTHYMA GANGRENOSUM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN DEFECT; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; URINE CULTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; ECTHYMA; GANGRENE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; SKIN;

EID: 45749118404     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6357-8     Document Type: Article

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