Concurrent M. tuberculosis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Candida albicans infection in liver metastasis of bowel carcinoma

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 753-755

  Rafailidis, P I ^a,b   Kapaskelis, A ^a,b   Christodoulou, C ^a,b   Galani, E ^b   Falagas, M E ^a,b,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASPOFUNGIN; CETUXIMAB; ETHAMBUTOL; IRINOTECAN; ISONIAZID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CACHEXIA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCURRENT INFECTION; DEATH; DIVERTICULOSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

CANDIDIASIS; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 48449087219     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-008-0488-4     Document Type: Article

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