Lactobacillus rhamnosus meningitis following recurrent episodes of bacteremia in a child undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4317-4319

  Robin, Frédéric ^a,b,c   Paillard, Catherine ^a   Marchandin, Hélène ^d,e   Demeocq, François ^a   Bonnet, Richard ^a,b,c   Hennequin, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AGAR; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LINCOMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME POSITIVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINDAMYCIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RECURRENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 78049513507     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00250-10     Document Type: Article

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