Vibrio vulnificus infection in patients with liver disease: Report of five autopsy cases

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 88-92

  Chen, Yongxin ^a   Satoh, Toshimi ^a   Tokunaga, Osamu ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver disease; Phlegmonous colitis; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ENTEROCOLITIS; FECES CULTURE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN CULTURE; SKIN DEFECT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAFOOD; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036302422     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-002-0613-1     Document Type: Article

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