A 42-year-old asplenic man with gram-negative sepsis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 1819-1826

  Parsonnet, J ^a   Baluta, A ^a   Rodriguez, W R ^a   Versalovic, J ^a   Mark, E J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; DOBUTAMINE; GENTAMICIN; SULBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JAUNDICE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE;

EID: 0033542443     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199906103402308     Document Type: Article

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