Nosocomial infection with Asaia lannensis in two paediatric patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 848-852

  Juretschko, Stefan ^a,b   Beavers May, Toni K ^a   Stovall, Stephanie H ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA 16S; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASAIA LANNENSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77954477154     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.019067-0     Document Type: Article

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