Fatal Chromobacterium violaceum septicaemia in northern Laos, a modified oxidase test and post-mortem forensic family G6PD analysis

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Slesak, Günther ^a   Douangdala, Phouvieng ^b   Inthalad, Saythong ^a   Silisouk, Joy ^c   Vongsouvath, Manivanh ^c   Sengduangphachanh, Amphonesavanh ^c   Moore, Catrin E ^c,d   Mayxay, Mayfong ^c,e   Matsuoka, Hiroyuki ^f   Newton, Paul N ^c,d  

^a SFE Medical Project   (Laos)

^b Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital   (Laos)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PARACETAMOL; THIAMAZOLE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ASSAY; FAMILY STUDY; FEVER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; LAOS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; CHROMOBACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SEPSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEPSIS;

EID: 68949204380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-8-24     Document Type: Article

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