Bacterial peritonitis caused by Listeria monocytogenes: Case report and review of the literature

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-62

  Dylewski, Joe S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial peritonitis; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFAPIRIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERITONITIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029990933     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/853472     Document Type: Article

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