Cupriavidus pauculus (Ralstonia paucula) concomitant meningitis and septicemia in a neonate: First case report from India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-409

  Duggal, S ^a   Gur, R ^a   Nayar, R ^a   Rongpharpi, S ^a   Jain, D ^a   Gupta, R K ^a  

^a Dr Baba Sahib Ambedkar Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Cupriavidus pauculus; meningitis; neonate; septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFACLOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CITRIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UREASE;

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CUPRIAVIDUS; CUPRIAVIDUS PAUCULUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS; MILK; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA PAUCULA; ROOTING; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SUCKING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; COMPLICATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEPSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CUPRIAVIDUS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 84885406443     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.118871     Document Type: Article

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