Capnocytophaga canimorsus Septicemia in an Asplenic Patient

Cutis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-97

  Ruddock, Tonia L ^a   Rindler, Joan M ^a   Bergfeld, Wilma F ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; CAT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEPSIS;

AGED; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CATS; CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031201324     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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