Short report: Empyema caused by Aeromonas species in Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 933-935

  Chao, Chien Ming ^a,b   Gau, Shiow Jen ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b MIN HWEI COLLEGE OF HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CHOICE; DYSPNEA; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; SEA FOOD; SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL EMPYEMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; TAIWAN; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY;

AEROMONAS;

ADULT; AEROMONAS; AGED; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 84869115239     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0275     Document Type: Article

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