Serratia marcescens cellulitis following an iguana bite

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1181-1182

  Hsieh, Stephanie ^a   Babl, Franz E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILD; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIZARD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0032961076     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517778     Document Type: Article

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