Asaia lannaensis bloodstream infection in a child with cancer and bone marrow transplantation

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 974-976

  Abdel Haq, Nahed ^a,b   Savaşan, Süreyya ^a,b   Davis, Melissa ^a,b   Asmar, Basim I ^a,b   Painter, Theresa ^c   Salimnia, Hossein ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Detroit Medical Centre Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENTAMICIN; MELPHALAN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; ACTINOMYCOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ASAIA LANNAENSIS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CRANIOTOMY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 67650100005     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.008722-0     Document Type: Letter

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