Fatal Campylobacter jejuni infection in a patient splenectomised for thalassaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 436-437

  Jackson, N ^a   Zaki, M ^b   Rahman, A R ^a   Nazim, M ^a   Win, M N ^a   Osman, S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Splenectomy; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLENECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030959022     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.5.436     Document Type: Article

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