Central venous catheter-related bacteremia caused by Kocuria kristinae: Case report and review of the literature

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dunn, Ryan ^a   Bares, Sara ^a   David, Michael Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; OSELTAMIVIR; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; KOCURIA KRISTINAE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROCOCCACEAE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROCOCCACEAE; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052032994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-10-31     Document Type: Article

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