Atypical infections in tsunami survivors

Garzoni, Christian; Emonet, Stéphane; Legout, Laurence; Rilliet, Bénédict; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Bernard, Louis; Garbino, Jorge

doi:10.3201/eid1110.050715

Scientific article

Case report

English

Atypical infections in tsunami survivors

ContributorsGarzoni, Christian; Emonet, Stéphane; Legout, Laurence; Rilliet, Bénédict; Hoffmeyer, Pierre; Bernard, Louis; Garbino, Jorge

Published inEmerging infectious diseases, vol. 11, no. 10, p. 1591-1593

Publication date2005

Abstract

After a tsunami hit Asia in December 2004, 2 survivors had severe infections due to multidrug-resistant and atypical bacteria and rare fungi weeks afterwards. Treating these infections is challenging from a clinical and microbiologic point of view.

Keywords

Disasters
Discitis/microbiology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Female
Gram-Negative Bacteria/drug effects
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/microbiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycetoma/microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous/microbiology
Mycobacterium chelonae/isolation & purification
Scedosporium/isolation & purification
Survivors
Thoracic Vertebrae

Affiliation entities

Research groups

Chirurgie orthopédique et traumatologique (98)

Citation (ISO format)

GARZONI, Christian et al. Atypical infections in tsunami survivors. In: Emerging infectious diseases, 2005, vol. 11, n° 10, p. 1591–1593. doi: 10.3201/eid1110.050715

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PID : unige:39919
DOI : 10.3201/eid1110.050715
PMID : 16318701

Journal ISSN1080-6040

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Atypical infections in tsunami survivors

After a tsunami hit Asia in December 2004, 2 survivors had severe infections due to multidrug-resistant and atypical bacteria and rare fungi weeks afterwards. Treating these infections is challenging from a clinical and microbiologic point of view.

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