Bacteremia Caused by Dysgonomonas spp.: a Report of Two Cases

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 99-102

  Almuzara, Marisa N ^a   Cittadini, Roxana ^b   Ladelfa, Pascual J ^c   Olivieri, Liliana ^d   Ramirez, Maria Soledad ^e   Zamponi, Cristian ^b   Famiglietti, Angela M R ^a   Vay, Carlos A ^a  

^a University of Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Mater Dei   (Argentina)

^c Churruca Visca Hospital   (Argentina)

^d Instituto de Nefrologia Buenos Aires ar   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHOLESTASIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSGONOMONAS CAPNOCYTOPHAGOIDES; DYSGONOMONAS GADEI; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 67149096540     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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