Vibrio vulnificus infection: An important cause of septicemia in patients with cirrhosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1040-1042

  Vollberg, Carlton M ^a   Herrera, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mastin Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; SEA FOOD; SEPTICEMIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OSTREIDAE; SEPSIS; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030874489     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199710000-00014     Document Type: Article

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