Catfish spine envenomation: A case of delayed presentation

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Ajmal, Nadeem ^a   Nanney, Lillian B ^a   Wolfort, Sean F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Catfish; Delayed presentation; Envenomations

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CATFISH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; FOREIGN BODY; HAND DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038046290     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2003)014[0101:CSEACO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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