Fatal wound infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3853-3855

  Baker, Stephen ^a,b   Campbell, James I ^a,b   Stabler, Richard ^c   Nguyen, Hoang V M ^a,b,d   To, Diep S ^d   Nguyen, Dung V ^d   Farrar, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETRAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; VIET NAM; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 55849107323     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01068-08     Document Type: Article

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