Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia, a rare complication of endoscopic retrograde cholagiopancreatography!

Bacteremia is a severe and sometimes fatal complication following endoscopic retrograde cholagiopancreatography (ERCP). Several bacteria have been implicated, with Enterobacteriaceae being the most common. We report a case of post-ERCP multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hadoun Jabri, Devang Sanghavi, Sarbajit Mukherjee, Ema Dzaka-Dizdarevic, Nkemakolam Iroegbu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014-04-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2231-0770.130344