Endotoxin removal column containing polymyxin B immobilized fiber is useful for the treatment of the patient with Vibrio vulnificus septicemia

Artificial Organs

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 705-707

  Sato, Toshihide ^a   Tadakuma, Natsuko ^a   Ikezaki, Nobuhiko ^a   Hashiguchi, Akira ^a   Masuda, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct hemoperfusion; Endotoxemia; Polymyxin B immobilized fiber; Sepsis; Vibrio vulnificus infection

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; DIRECT HEMOPERFUSION; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDOTOXIN REMOVAL; HEMOPERFUSION; POLYMYXIN B; POLYMYXIN B IMMOBILIZED FIBER; SEPSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICU INFECTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

DISEASES;

POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HEMOPERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0031824679     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1998.06085.x     Document Type: Article

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