Enteritis necroticans (pigbel) in a diabetic child

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 1250-1253

  Petrillo, Toni M ^a   Beck Sagué, Consuelo M ^c,f   Songer, J Glenn ^e   Abramowsky, Carlos ^f   Fortenberry, James D ^a   Meacham, Lillian ^b   Dean, Andrew G ^d   Lee, Hanmin ^f   Bueschel, Dawn M ^e   Nesheim, Steven R ^f  

^a Division of Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Endocrinology   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTERITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; HEMATEMESIS; HUMANS; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; NECROSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0034720279     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004273421704     Document Type: Article

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