title: Citrobacter farmeri bacteremia in a child with short-bowel syndrome.
abstract: A case of sepsis in a pediatric patient due to the newly described Citrobacter species C. farmeri is described. Factors predisposing this child to infection included short-bowel syndrome requiring total parenteral nutrition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90095-1713, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bruckner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colonna
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Glenn
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Janda
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000009:adverse effects; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents