Clostridium hathewayi bacteraemia and surgical site infection after uterine myomectomy

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Dababneh, Ala S ^a   Nagpal, Avish ^b   Palraj, Bharath Raj Varatharaj ^a   Sohail, M Rizwan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Infectious Diseases Sanford Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM HATHEWAYI; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE DRAINAGE; LONG TERM CARE; MYOMECTOMY; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 84898419026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009322     Document Type: Article

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