Journal article
Multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli soft tissue infection investigated with bacterial whole genome sequencing.
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A 45-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy presented with acute leg pain and erythema suggestive of necrotising fasciitis. Initial surgical exploration revealed no necrosis and treatment for a soft tissue infection was started. Blood and tissue cultures unexpectedly grew a Gram-negative bacillus, subsequently identified by an automated broth microdilution phenotyping system as an extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli. The patient was treated with a 3-week course of antib...
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- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Journal:
- BMJ case reports
- Volume:
- 2014
- Publication date:
- 2014-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1757-790X
- Source identifiers:
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488424
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:488424
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- pubs:488424
- Deposit date:
- 2014-11-05
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- 2014
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