Escherichia coli myonecrosis in alcoholic cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 443-445

  Levy, Vivian ^a   Reed, Catherine ^b   Abbott, Sharon L ^b   Israelski, Dennis ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Escherichia coli; Gas gangrene; Myonecrosis; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; FOLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPIRICISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FASCIOTOMY; FECES ANALYSIS; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

BACTEREMIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; GAS GANGRENE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECROSIS;

EID: 0037405090     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200305000-00018     Document Type: Article

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