Hand infections due to non-cholera vibrio after injuries from St Peter's fish (Tilapia zillii)

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 808-810

  Said, R ^a   Volpin, G ^a   Grimberg, B ^a   Friedenstrom, S R ^a   Lefler, E ^a   Stahl, S ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NECROSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TENDON SHEATH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TILAPIA; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0032417501     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(98)80104-6     Document Type: Article

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