Fulminant wound infections due to Vibrio vulnificus

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 654-655

  Finkelstein, R ^a   Edelstein, S ^a   Mahamid, G ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Mortality; Shellfish; Tilapia (St. Peter's fish); Vibrio vulnificus; Wound infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HAND INJURY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; SHELLFISH; TILAPIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TILAPIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036335856     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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