Septicemia in neutropenic patients infected with Clostridium tertium resistant to cefepime and other expanded-spectrum cephalosporins.

ABSTRACT: Clostridium tertium was isolated from two immunocompromised patients with septicemia, fever, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The strains were resistant to ceftazidime, cefepime, and clindamycin; intermediately resistant to penicillin; and susceptible to metronidazole, quinolones, and vancomycin.

SUBMITTER: Steyaert S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC85761 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature