Acute thrombocytopenic crisis following burns complicated by staphylococcal septicaemia

Burns

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 84-88

  George, Alexander ^a   Bang, Rameshwar L ^a,b   Lari, Abdul Reda ^a   Gang, Raj K ^a  

^a IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Burns; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Staphylococcus aureus; Thrombocytopenia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; BURNS; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035181359     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(00)00065-6     Document Type: Article

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