Fatal outcome of Bacillus cereus septicaemia

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 514-516

  Lede, I ^a   Vlaar, A ^a   Roosendaal, R ^b   Geerlings, S ^a   Spanjaard, L ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Fatal outcome; Fever of unknown origin; Immunocompetent; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SEPTICEMIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLACEAE INFECTIONS; BACILLUS CEREUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 83755182586     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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