Vibrio vulnificus septicemia and leg ulcer

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages S144-S145

  Patel, Vikas J ^a   Gardner, Erin ^a   Burton, Claude S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MINOCYCLINE; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG CHOICE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN BIOPSY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; CEFTAZIDIME; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; OSTREIDAE; TOBRAMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036586635     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.107778     Document Type: Article

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