Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites

Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon pathogen of human disease and is usually associated with indwelling devices or immunocompromised hosts. We report here an unusual case of C. indologenes peritonitis in an oncological patient with malignant ascites. The patient was treated successfully by t...

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Autores principales: Wang, Yung-Chih, Yeh, Kuo-Ming, Chiu, Sheng-Kang, Shang, Shih-Ta, Kan, Li-Ping, Yu, Ching-Mei, Lin, Jung-Chung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23754898
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S16179
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author Wang, Yung-Chih
Yeh, Kuo-Ming
Chiu, Sheng-Kang
Shang, Shih-Ta
Kan, Li-Ping
Yu, Ching-Mei
Lin, Jung-Chung
author_facet Wang, Yung-Chih
Yeh, Kuo-Ming
Chiu, Sheng-Kang
Shang, Shih-Ta
Kan, Li-Ping
Yu, Ching-Mei
Lin, Jung-Chung
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description Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon pathogen of human disease and is usually associated with indwelling devices or immunocompromised hosts. We report here an unusual case of C. indologenes peritonitis in an oncological patient with malignant ascites. The patient was treated successfully by trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole without removal of the catheter.
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spelling pubmed-36582302013-06-10 Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites Wang, Yung-Chih Yeh, Kuo-Ming Chiu, Sheng-Kang Shang, Shih-Ta Kan, Li-Ping Yu, Ching-Mei Lin, Jung-Chung Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Chryseobacterium indologenes is an uncommon pathogen of human disease and is usually associated with indwelling devices or immunocompromised hosts. We report here an unusual case of C. indologenes peritonitis in an oncological patient with malignant ascites. The patient was treated successfully by trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole without removal of the catheter. Dove Medical Press 2011-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3658230/ /pubmed/23754898 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S16179 Text en © 2011 Wang et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wang, Yung-Chih
Yeh, Kuo-Ming
Chiu, Sheng-Kang
Shang, Shih-Ta
Kan, Li-Ping
Yu, Ching-Mei
Lin, Jung-Chung
Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
title Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
title_full Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
title_fullStr Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
title_full_unstemmed Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
title_short Chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
title_sort chryseobacterium indologenes peritonitis in a patient with malignant ascites
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23754898
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S16179
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