Septic shock induced by Lecythophora mutabilis in a patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1255-1258

  Taniguchi, Yuki ^a   Taketani, Takeshi ^a,b   Moriyama, Hidehiko ^a   Moriki, Shoji ^a   Nishimura, Kazuko ^c   Sato, Emi ^a   Notsu, Yasuko ^a   Higuchi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Sugitani, Yuichiro ^b   Yasuda, Kenji ^b   Nagai, Atsushi ^b   Yamaguchi, Seiji ^b   Shibata, Hiroshi ^a   Masuda, Junichi ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ITRACONAZOLE; LINEZOLID; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; LECYTHOPHORA MUTABILIS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; MYCOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ECHINOCANDINS; HUMANS; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; LIPOPEPTIDES; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; MYCOSES; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 69049119189     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.010678-0     Document Type: Article

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