Sphingomonas paucimobilis bacteraemia and septic arthritis in a diabetic patient presenting with septic pulmonary emboli

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1259-1263

  Kuo, I Ching ^a   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b   Lin, Wei Ru ^a   Lin, Chun Yu ^a,b   Chang, Yu Wei ^b   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a,b   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLCHICINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVERTICULITIS; GOUT; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; BACTEREMIA; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 69049101133     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.009985-0     Document Type: Article

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