Lung colonization with Aeromonas hydrophila in cystic fibrosis believed to have come from a tropical fish tank

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Cremonesini, David ^a   Thomson, Anne ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

AERATION; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROSOL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS; TANK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FISHES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 49449100349     PISSN: 02675331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.s18010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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