Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt infection due to non-equi Rhodococcus sp.

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Lora Tamayo, Jaime ^a   Verdaguer, Ricard ^a   Fernández Sabé, Nuria ^a   Gabarrós, Andreu ^a   Viladrich, Pedro F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT INFECTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHODOCOCCUS; SHUNT INFECTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHODOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 67349159376     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.06.043     Document Type: Letter

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