TY - JOUR
A2 - Koirala, Janak
AU - Merchan, Cristian
AU - Parajuli, Sunita
AU - Siegfried, Justin
AU - Scipione, Marco R.
AU - Dubrovskaya, Yanina
AU - Rahimian, Joseph
PY - 2016
DA - 2016/06/23
TI - Multidrug-Resistant Bacteroides fragilis Bacteremia in a US Resident: An Emerging Challenge
SP - 3607125
VL - 2016
AB - We describe a case of Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia associated with paraspinal and psoas abscesses in the United States. Resistance to b-lactam/b-lactamase inhibitors, carbapenems, and metronidazole was encountered despite having a recent travel history to India as the only possible risk factor for multidrug resistance. Microbiological cure was achieved with linezolid, moxifloxacin, and cefoxitin.
SN - 2090-6625
UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3607125
DO - 10.1155/2016/3607125
JF - Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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ER -