Successful treatment of Chromobacterium violaceum sepsis in South Africa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1293-1295

  Bosch, F J ^a   Badenhorst, L ^a   Le Roux, J A ^a   Louw, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFUROXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; ERTAPENEM; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HICKMAN CATHETER; HUMAN; MIXED INFECTION; MYALGIA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; NEUTROPENIA; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53749096708     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001883-0     Document Type: Article

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