Pantoea agglomerans pneumonia in a heart-lung transplant recipient: Case report and a review of an emerging pathogen in immunocompromised hosts

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 536-539

  Shubov, A ^a   Jagannathan, P ^b   Chin Hong, P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopesticide; Enterobacter agglomerans; Pantoea agglomerans; Pneumonia; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHOTERICIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DACLIZUMAB; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; SULTAMICILLIN; TACROLIMUS; VALGANCICLOVIR; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; PANTOEA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 80053611210     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2011.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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