Fatal citrobacter farmeri meningitis in a patient with nasopharyngeal cancer

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1499-1500

  Tan, Che Kim ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^b   Lin, Sheng Hsiang ^c   Liao, Chun Hsing ^d   Huang, Yu Tsung ^e   Hsueh, Po Ren ^e  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; MEROPENEM; RNA 16S; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FARMERI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DROWSINESS; FEVER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALAISE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VITAL SIGN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CITROBACTER; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CITROBACTER FARMERI;

EID: 77950515388     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00282-10     Document Type: Article

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