Vibrio cholerae O2 as a cause of a skin lesion in a tourist returning from Tunisia [1]

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-94

  Farina, Claudio ^a   Gnecchi, Fabrizio ^a   Luzzi, Ida ^b   Vailati, Francesca ^a  

^a Microbiology Institute   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TRAVEL; TUNISIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034004582     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2000.00029     Document Type: Letter

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