Edwardsiella tarda septicemia with cellulitis in a patient with AIDS [4]

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 551-553

  Fournier, S ^a   Pialoux, G ^a   Feuillie, V ^a   Fleury, J ^a   Dupont, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; EDWARDSIELLA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SEPTICEMIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CEFTRIAXONE; CELLULITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030855673     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01708246     Document Type: Letter

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