Acute rhabdomyolysis and myonecrosis complicating aeromonas bacteremia in neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies: Report of two cases

Haematologica

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 692-694

  Martino, Rodrigo ^a   Santamaría, Amparo ^a   Pericas, Roser ^a   Sureda, Anna ^a   Brunet, Salut ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Neutropenia; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AEROMONAS; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, NONLYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEUTROPENIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0031457113     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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