Lactococcus lactis catherter-related bloodstream infection in an infant : Case report

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 341-342

  Karaaslan, Ayşe ^a   Soysal, Ahmet ^a   Sarmiş, Abdurrahman ^b   Kadayifci, Eda Kepenekli ^a   Cerit, Kivilcim ^c   Atici, Serkan ^a   Säoyletir, Gäuner ^b   Bakir, Mustafa ^a  

^a Clinic of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology   (Turkey)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (Turkey)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catheter related bloodstream infection; Infant; Lactococcus lactis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; DIAPER DERMATITIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; MALE; MECONIUM ILEUS; RECTUM BIOPSY; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; DOWN SYNDROME; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MALE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84937423407     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.137     Document Type: Article

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