Fatal urosepsis due to delayed, diagnosis of genitourinary melioidosis

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-5

  Frickmann, Hagen ^a,b   Neubauer, Heinrich ^c   Haase, Gerhard ^d   Peltroche Llacsahuanga, Heidrun ^d   Perez Bouza, Alberto ^d   Racz, Paul ^a   Loderstaedt, Ulrike ^e   Hagen, Ralf M ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscess; Burkholderia; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Formalin fixed; Genitourinary infection; Waxed tissue

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTIAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; RNA 16S;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENITOURINARY MELIOIDOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; THROMBOCYTOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; UROSEPSIS;

EID: 84881483799     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: 14390477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/labmed-2013-0049     Document Type: Review

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