Life-threatening capnocytophaga canimorsus infection after dog bite

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-141

  Aslam, A ^a,b  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b 34 Macclesfield House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROSCOPY; SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 0033041853     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689909200314     Document Type: Article

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