Septic pulmonary embolism caused by Candida albicans after treatment for urinary multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 436-438

  Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Uehara, Teruhisa ^a   Shima, Masaki ^a   Takasugi, Shogo ^a   Hashimoto, Kohei ^a   Itoh, Naoki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Drug resistance; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pulmonary embolism; Sepsis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GLUCAN; CEFTAZIDIME; ISEPAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER OCCLUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; DYSPNEA; EMBOLISM; FEVER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; ILEAL CONDUIT; INFLAMMATION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPTIC LUNG EMBOLISM; SUPERINFECTION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THROMBOGENESIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 57749197404     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0646-8     Document Type: Article

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