Fatal infection caused by Cupriavidus gilardii in a child with aplastic anemia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1005-1007

  Karafin, Matthew ^a   Romagnoli, Mark ^a   Fink, Doran L ^b   Howard, Tracy ^a   Rau, Rachel ^b   Milstone, Aaron M ^b   Carroll, Karen C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS GILARDII; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ANEMIA, APLASTIC; CHILD; CUPRIAVIDUS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FATAL OUTCOME; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

CUPRIAVIDUS GILARDII; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77749298795     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01482-09     Document Type: Article

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