Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 219-227 , September 2010

Clinical manifestations, antimicrobial therapy, and prognostic factors of monomicrobial Acinetobacter baumannii complex bacteremia

  • Nan-Yao Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Tsung Chain Chang

      Affiliations

    • Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Chi-Jung Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Chia-Ming Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Hsin-Chun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Po-Lin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Ching-Chi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Nai-Ying Ko

      Affiliations

    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
  • ,
  • Wen-Chien Ko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Department of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Division of Clinical Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, #138, Sheng Li Road, Tainan, 704, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 6 235 3535x3596; fax: +886 6 275 2038.

,Accepted 3 July 2010.

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 This study was presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Infectious Disease Society of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, January 12–13, 2008.

PII: S0163-4453(10)00185-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.07.002

Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 3 , Pages 219-227 , September 2010