Clostridium perfringens sepsis with intravascular hemolysis following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A newly reported complication

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 326-327

  Bush, George Wayne ^a   Clements, Ronald H ^a   Phillips, Matthew ^a   Kent Jr , Raleigh B ^a,b  

^a Norwood Clinic Incorporated   (United States)

^b Department of Surgical Education ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; OXYGEN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029912315     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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