title: Atypical infections in tsunami survivors.
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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garzoni
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emonet
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Legout
authors.forename: Rilliet
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benedict
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hoffmeyer
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garbino
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters; D015299:Discitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000382:microbiology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology*; D016926:Mycobacterium chelonae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021681:Scedosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017741:Survivors; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae