Case of Clostridium perfringens bacteremia after routine colonoscopy and polypectomy

Anaerobe

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 195-196

  Kunz, Anjali N ^a   Riera, Diana ^a   Hickey, Patrick ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Clostridium perfringens; Polymicrobial; Polypectomy

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS BACTEREMIA; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOSCOPIC POLYPECTOMY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONOSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 70350212554     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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