A case of rat-bite fever

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 193-194

  Kadan, D ^a   Chih, D ^b,c   Brett, A ^b   Segasothy, M ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT BITE FEVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; RAT-BITE FEVER; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036970222     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-0903.2001.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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