Multidrug resistant Kluyvera ascorbata septicemia in an adult patient: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Moonah, Shannon ^a   Deonarine, Kavita ^a   Freeman, Clyde ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KLUYVERA; KLUYVERA ASCORBATA; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953946921     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-197     Document Type: Article

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