Clinical manifestations and molecular epidemiology of Vibrio vulnificus infections in Denmark

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-232

  Dalsgaard, A ^a   Frimodt Moller N ^b   Bruun, B ^b   Hoi L ^a   Larsen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Statens Seruminstitut ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENZYME; SEA WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENMARK; EEL; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMIDS; SEAWATER; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0029919579     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01591359     Document Type: Article

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