Successful treatment of multiresistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans bacteremia in a child with acute myeloid leukemia

Achromobacter xylosoxidans is an aerobic gram-negative bacillus and important cause of bacteremia in immunocompromised patients. We describe a leukemia pediatric patient with severe neutropenia who developed bacteremia with A xylosoxidans resistant to multiple antibiotics, and treated the patient wi...

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Main Authors: Deniz Tugcu, Ozden Turel, Gonul Aydogan, Arzu Akcay, Zafer Salcioglu, Ferhan Akici, Hulya Sen, Metin Demirkaya, Necati Taskin, Nezahat Gurler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2015-03-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2015.168