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.
Garzoni
Christian
C
University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Emonet
Stéphane
S
Legout
Laurence
L
Benedict
Rilliet
R
Hoffmeyer
Pierre
P
Bernard
Louis
L
Garbino
Jorge
J
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