Skin ulcers and disseminated abscesses are characteristic of Serratia marcescens infection in older patients with chronic granulomatous disease

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 164-166

  Friend, Julia C ^a   Hilligoss, Dianne M ^a   Marquesen, Martha ^a   Ulrick, Jean ^a   Estwick, Tyra ^a   Turner, Maria L ^b   Cowen, Edward W ^b   Anderson, Victoria ^a   Holland, Steven M ^a   Malech, Harry L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BONE INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHILD; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSEMINATED ABSCESS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDIDYMITIS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; MIXED INFECTION; NOCARDIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHAGOCYTE; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SERRATIA INFECTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SKIN ULCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649210249     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.04.009     Document Type: Letter

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