Ochrobactrum anthropi: A rare cause of pneumonia

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 162-165

  Naik, Chetan ^a   Kulkarni, Hrishikesh ^a   Darabi, Ali ^b   Bhanot, Nitin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ochrobactrum; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITALOPRAM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MEROPENEM; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PEGINTERFERON; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIBAVIRIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EXTUBATION; FEVER; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTUBATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84874111746     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-012-0436-1     Document Type: Article

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