Pseudomonas cepacia endocarditis treated with co-trimoxazole and kanamycin.
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چکیده
An outbreak of infection by Pseudomonas cepacia, previously reported (Speller, Stephens, and Viant, 197i), arising from contaminated aqueous chlorhexidine solutions, included two cases of endocarditis affecting recently-inserted prosthetic mitral valves. The bacterium was resistant to most chemotherapeutic agents, but treatment with a combination of co-trimoxazole (trimethoprim plus sulphamethoxazole) and kanamycin resulted in recovery of one patient and probable eradication of the infection in the other.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- British heart journal
دوره 35 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1973