title: Pseudomonas fluorescens infections in clinical practice.
abstract: Pseudomonas fluorescens was isolated from an elderly immunocompromized patient with fever. Treatment with ceftazidime was successful, after empirical therapy failed. Pseudomonas fluorescens is 1 of the less virulent members of the Pseudomonadaceae family. The epidemiology of the infection and the difficulties in isolation and susceptibility assessment are further discussed.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece. gpele@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Georgios
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karavasilis
authors.forename: Leonidas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christou
authors.forename: Epameinondas V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Tsianos
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents