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Multi-drug resistant Ewingella americana.
- Source :
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Saudi medical journal [Saudi Med J] 2008 Jul; Vol. 29 (7), pp. 1051-3. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- We report a case of pneumonia due to multi-drug resistant Ewingella americana in a young patient admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of Hera General Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia with severe head injury in a road traffic accident. He was an Indonesian pilgrim who had traveled to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj in December 2007. Ewingella americana was identified to be the pathogen of pneumonia with clinical signs and symptoms along with positive radiological findings.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination therapeutic use
Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use
Enterobacteriaceae Infections drug therapy
Humans
Male
Pneumonia, Bacterial drug therapy
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobacteriaceae Infections diagnosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial diagnosis
Pneumonia, Bacterial microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0379-5284
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Saudi medical journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18626541