First case of invasive human infection caused by Cupriavidus metallidurans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 744-745

  Langevin, Stéphanie ^a   Vincelette, Jean ^a   Bekal, Sadjia ^b   Gaudreau, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL INJURY; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS; CYSTECTOMY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ILEOSTOMY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; CUPRIAVIDUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEPSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUPRIAVIDUS METALLIDURANS;

EID: 79951493423     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01947-10     Document Type: Article

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