Primary bacteremia associated with Sphingomonas paucimobilis during the late period in a patient with ventriculoperitoneal shunt after neurosurgery with literature review

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-40

  Kucukbayrak, Abdulkadir ^a   Demirli, Keziban ^b   Ozdemir, Davut ^b   Kucukbayrak, Zeynep Seckin ^c   Hakyemez, Ismail Necati ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

bacteremia; intracranial surgery; late period; Sphingomonas paucimobilis; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; SULPERAZON;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84857146519     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: 15344916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNQ.0b013e31822ce355     Document Type: Review

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