Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis

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-taz...

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Main Authors: Puneet K Gupta, Suma B Appannanavar, Harsimran Kaur, Vikas Gupta, Balvinder Mohan, Neelam Taneja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2014;volume=57;issue=3;spage=486;epage=488;aulast=Gupta
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spelling doaj-8b2a10cfd9d8489e8e19819b615d62592020-11-25T02:43:57ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology0377-49292014-01-0157348648810.4103/0377-4929.138789Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularisPuneet K GuptaSuma B AppannanavarHarsimran KaurVikas GuptaBalvinder MohanNeelam TanejaInfections 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.http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2014;volume=57;issue=3;spage=486;epage=488;aulast=GuptaBrevundimonas vesicularisurinary tract infectionmultidrug-resistant
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author Puneet K Gupta
Suma B Appannanavar
Harsimran Kaur
Vikas Gupta
Balvinder Mohan
Neelam Taneja
spellingShingle Puneet K Gupta
Suma B Appannanavar
Harsimran Kaur
Vikas Gupta
Balvinder Mohan
Neelam Taneja
Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Brevundimonas vesicularis
urinary tract infection
multidrug-resistant
author_facet Puneet K Gupta
Suma B Appannanavar
Harsimran Kaur
Vikas Gupta
Balvinder Mohan
Neelam Taneja
author_sort Puneet K Gupta
title Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis
title_short Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis
title_full Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis
title_fullStr Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis
title_full_unstemmed Hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant Brevundimonas vesicularis
title_sort hospital acquired urinary tract infection by multidrug-resistant brevundimonas vesicularis
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
issn 0377-4929
publishDate 2014-01-01
description 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.
topic Brevundimonas vesicularis
urinary tract infection
multidrug-resistant
url http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2014;volume=57;issue=3;spage=486;epage=488;aulast=Gupta
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