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SUBMITTER: Kim DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1393119 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Dong-Min DM Kang Cheol-In CI Lee Chang Seop CS Kim Hong-Bin HB Kim Eui-Chong EC Kim Nam Joong NJ Oh Myoung-Don MD Choe Kang-Won KW
Journal of clinical microbiology 20060301 3
We describe a case of bacteremia due to imipenem-susceptible Shewanella algae. Despite treatment with imipenem, the patient developed a spinal epidural abscess, from which imipenem-resistant S. algae was isolated. The development of resistance should be monitored when S. algae infection is treated with imipenem, even though the strain is initially susceptible to imipenem. ...[more]