Septic deep venous thrombosis in intravenous drug users

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 132, Issue 27-28, 2002, Pages 386-392

  Fäh, Franz ^a   Zimmerli, Werner ^a   Jordi, Marianne ^a   Schoenenberger, Ronald A ^a  

^a Burgerspital Solothurn   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Intravenous drug use; Sepsis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HEPARIN; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EID: 0037072214     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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