Persistent carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-197

  Muchtar, Eli ^a,b   Paul, Mical ^a,b   Horowitz, Alon ^a,b   Shpilberg, Ofer ^a,b   Raanani, Pia ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Broad spectrum antibiotics; Carbapenem resistant klebsiella pneumoniae; Multidrug resistance; Persistent bacteremia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LIMB PAIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA;

BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84859042053     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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