Leukocytoclastic vasculitis complicating Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-277

  Lum, Peggy N L ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Wong, Samson S Y ^a   Yuen, Kwok yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AGED; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CLAVULANIC ACID; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0034254056     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(00)00151-6     Document Type: Article

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