Fatal outcome of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae bacteremia in a patient with oropharyngeal cancer

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 431-434

  Sheng, Wang Huei ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^a   Fang, Chi Tai ^a   Chang, Shan Chwen ^a   Luh, Kwen Tay ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; Oropharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX CANCER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034096272     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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