A case of acute cholecystitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an immunocompromised patient

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Joseph ^a   Gregson, Daniel B ^a,b,c   Church, Deirdre L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Hematogenous seeding; HIV; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; GENTAMICIN; LAMIVUDINE; LINEZOLID; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COUGHING; DECOMPRESSION; DIAPHORESIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RASH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; VOMITING;

EID: 79953243925     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/202078     Document Type: Article

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