A young woman with a sore throat, septicaemia, and respiratory failure

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9082, 1997, Pages 928-

  Vohra, Ameet ^a   Saiz, Enma ^a   Ratzan, Kenneth R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; GANGRENE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; LIVER ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0031588181     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)05261-6     Document Type: Article

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