Complicated intra-abdominal infection caused by extended drug-resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Teng, Sing On ^a   Ou, Tsong Yih ^a   Hsieh, Yu Chia ^a   Lee, Wuan Chan ^b   Lin, Yi Chun ^b   Lee, Wen Sen ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Achromobacter denitrificans; Colistin; Infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPIROME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; FLOMOXEF; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMIPENEM; ISEPAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BILOMA; BLEEDING; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRANULOMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; ILEUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OLIGURIA; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITES; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD; CHOLECYSTITIS; COLISTIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 67651108812     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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