Vibrio vulnificus sepsis in a child with diamond-blackfan syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 818-820

  Albanyan, Esam A ^a   Morad, Ammar B ^a   Vallejo, Jesus G ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackfan syndrome; Diamond; Sepsis; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLACKFAN DIAMOND ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VOMITING;

CHILD; FANCONI ANEMIA; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030857348     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199708000-00017     Document Type: Article

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