Fulminant pneumonia due to Aeromonas hydrophila in a man with chronic renal failure and liver cirrhosis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 118-123

  Murata, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Masuo, Masatoshi ^a   Tokuda, Hitoshi ^a   Kitamura, Shigehiro ^a   Otsuka, Yoshihito ^a   Miura, Yasusada ^a  

^a Social Insurance Chuo General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Pericarditis; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN;

ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0035087849     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.118     Document Type: Article

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