Ochrobactrum anthropi catheter-related bloodstream infection: The first case report in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-268

  Siti Rohani, A H ^a   Tzar, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Catheter related bloodstream infection; Ochrobactrum

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI INFECTION; ULCER; BACTEREMIA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALAYSIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

BACTEREMIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 84878929001     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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