Hickman catheter-related bacteremia with Kluyvera cryocrescens: A case report

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-230

  Toprak, Demet ^a   Soysal, Ahmet ^a   Turel, Ozden ^a   Dal, Tuba ^a   Özkan, Özlem ^a   Soyletir, Guner ^a   Bakir, Mustafa ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; KLUYVERA CRYOCRESCENS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KLUYVERA; MALE;

EID: 45849089600     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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