Vibrio vulnificus Infections: Case Reports and Literature Review

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 705-712

  Lee, C C ^a   Tong, K L ^a   Howe, H S ^a   Lam, M S ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emerging; Food borne; Rash; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SHELLFISH;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031217524     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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