Clostridium perfringens septicemia with massive hemolysis in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-154

  Singer, Adam J ^a,b   Migdal, Phyllis M ^a   Oken, Jonathan P ^a   Chale, Stuart N ^a   Moll, Ute M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Hemolysis; septicemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0030962550     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90088-7     Document Type: Article

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