Ascending cholangitis presenting with Lactococcus lactis cremoris bacteraemia: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Davies, Jane ^a   Burkitt, Michael David ^b   Watson, Alastair ^b  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPIRICISM; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JAUNDICE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS CREMORIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STENT;

EID: 59349085759     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-3     Document Type: Article

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