A review of three cases of Clostridium aldenense bacteremia

Anaerobe

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 475-477

  Williams, O Martin ^a   Brazier, Jon ^b   Peraino, Victoria ^c   Goldstein, Ellie J C ^c,d,e  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c SAINT JOHN'S HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Bacteremia; C aldenense; Clostridia; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLISTIN; DNA 16S; ERTAPENEM; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; KANAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACIDOSIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM ALDENENSE; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTIDIOFORME; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGURIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; URINE CULTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM ALDENENSE; CLOSTRIDIUM CLOSTRIDIOFORME;

EID: 77957021310     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.08.004     Document Type: Review

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