Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis

Autor: Puneet K Gupta, Suma B Appannanavar, Harsimran Kaur, Vikas Gupta, Balvinder Mohan, Neelam Taneja
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, Vol 57, Iss 3, Pp 486-488 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0377-4929
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.138789
Popis: Infections caused by Brevundimonas vesicularis, a nonfermenting Gram-negative bacterium, are very rare. Here, we report the first case of multidrug-resistant hospital acquired urinary tract infection by B. vesicularis. Patient was successfully treated with antimicrobial therapy with piperacillin-tazobactam and amikacin.
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