Bacterial translocation as a cause of septic shock in humans: A report of two cases

Surgery Today

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 447-449

  Tani, Tohru ^a   Hanasawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Endo, Yoshihiro ^a   Kurumi, Yoshimasa ^a   Shiomi, Hisanori ^a   Kodama, Masashi ^a   Kushima, Ryoji ^a   Hattori, Takanori ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacterial translocation; chemotherapy; compromised patients; ileus; septic shock

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGED; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 0030993248     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02385710     Document Type: Article

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