Planes AM, Ramirez A, Fernandez F, Capdevila JA, Tolosa C. Pseudomonas vesicularis bacteraemia.
Infection 1992;
20:367-8. [PMID:
1293060 DOI:
10.1007/bf01710687]
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Abstract
A case of repeated episodes of Pseudomonas vesicularis bacteraemia, in a 54-year-old woman with a past history including systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic active autoimmune hepatitis is reported. She was treated with tobramycin and ceftazidime but bacteraemia persisted until surgical resection of the infected tissue was performed.
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