Implanted-port-catheter-related sepsis caused by Acidovorax avenae and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3358-3361

  Malkan, Alpin D ^a   Strollo, Wendy ^a   Scholand, Stephen J ^a   Dudrick, Stanley J ^a  

^a St Mary's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (3 CYCLOPENTYLOXY 4 METHOXYBENZYL) 6 ETHYLAMINO 8 ISOPROPYL 3H PURINE; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMAMONADACEAE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ACIDOVORAX AVENAE; COMAMONADACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70349641145     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01093-09     Document Type: Article

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