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Successful treatment of Leuconostoc bacteremia in a neutropenic patient with tigecycline

Leuconostoc lactis is a recognised cause of infection in immunocompromised hosts. It is intrinsically resistant to multiple antibiotics and treatment options may be limited. We report a case of safe and effective use of tigecycline in the treatment of Leuconostoc catheter-related line sepsis in a ne...

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Autores principales: Patel, Trupti, Molloy, Aoife, Smith, Robin, Balakrishnan, Indran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470945
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/idr.2012.e31