Brodifacoum rodenticide ingestion in a patient with shigellosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 833-835

  Stanziale, Stephen F ^a,b   Christopher, J Cathryn ^a,b   Fisher, Robert B ^a,b  

^a Vanderbilt University Medical Center ^*

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BRODIFACOUM; PROTHROMBIN; RODENTICIDE; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SHIGELLOSIS;

4-HYDROXYCOUMARINS; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; RODENTICIDES; SELF ADMINISTRATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030756811     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199708000-00013     Document Type: Article

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