Aeromonas caviae septicemia in immunocompetent gastrointestinal carriers

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 547-548

  Dwivedi, M ^a   Mishra, A ^b   Prasad, A ^a   Azim, A ^a   Singh, R K ^a   Baronia, A K ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Dwivedi, U N ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Aeromonas caviae; Gastrointestinal carriage; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; FECES CULTURE; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; SEPTICEMIA; AEROMONAS; BACTEREMIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INDIA;

EID: 65549100999     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000600023     Document Type: Article

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