Ventriculitis and choroid plexitis caused by multidrug-resistant nocardia pseudobrasiliensis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 666-668

  Mongkolrattanothai, Kanokporn ^a,c   Ramakrishnan, Sreemdevi ^a   Zagardo, Michael ^b   Gray, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b OSF SAINT FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Choroid plexitis; Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis; Nocardiosis; Ventriculitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESOMEPRAZOLE; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN VENTRICULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXITIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA PSEUDOBRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENCEPHALITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOCARDIOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50949110068     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31816a43bf     Document Type: Article

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