Clostridium tertium bacteremia: 2 cases and review

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-73

  Gosbell, Iain B ^a,b   Johnson, Christine G ^a   Newton, Peter J ^a   Jelfs, Jane ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Clostridium tertium; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; RIGOR; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0030045441     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169573     Document Type: Article

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