Bacteraemia caused by Leptotrichia trevisanii in a neutropenic patient

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Cooreman, S ^a   Schuermans, C ^a   Van Schaeren, J ^a   Olive, N ^b   Wauters, G ^b   Verhaegen, J ^c   Jeurissen, A ^a  

^a GZA Sint Augustinus ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bloodstream infection; Leptotrichia; Leptotrichia trevisanii; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTARABINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IDARUBICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG FEVER; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEPTOTRICHIA; LEPTOTRICHIA TREVISANII; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY ANEMIA WITH EXCESS BLASTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS;

BACTEREMIA; DRUG THERAPY; FUSOBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEPTOTRICHIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA;

BACILLI (CLASS); LEPTOTRICHIA; LEPTOTRICHIA TREVISANII; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79951517546     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2010.12.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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