Outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum bloodstream infections among patients with sickle cell disease in an outpatient setting

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1132-1136

  Ashraf, Muhammad Salman ^a,b   Swinker, Marian ^a   Augustino, Kerri L ^a,b   Nobles, Delores ^b   Knupp, Charles ^a   Liles, Darla ^a   Christie, John ^a   Ramsey, Keith M ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIDANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFOXITIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HEPARIN; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; PROBENECID; PROMETHAZINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; GENOTYPE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867482685     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668021     Document Type: Review

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