Ralstonia pickettii sepsis in a hemodialysis patient from Bulgaria

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-401

  Strateva, Tanya ^a   Kostyanev, Tomislav ^a   Setchanova, Lena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BULGARIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RALSTONIA PICKETTII;

AGED; BULGARIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84864360570     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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