Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection in children

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Luca, Maia ^a   Angelino, Giulia ^a   Carducci, Francesca Ippolita Calò ^a   Martino, Alessandra ^a   Bernardi, Stefania ^a   Bernaschi, Paola ^a   Carletti, Michaela ^a   D'Argenio, Patrizia ^a   Palma, Paolo ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLIC ACID; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; PYRIMETHAMINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SUPRAPUBIC PAIN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WEAKNESS;

EID: 80052204954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.02.2011.3807     Document Type: Article

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