Prolonged survival of an elderly woman with Salmonella dublin aortitis and conservative treatment [4]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1326-1328

  Schoevaerdts, Didier ^b   Hanon, François ^b   Vanpee, Dominique ^b   Swine, Christian ^b   Glupczynski, Youri ^b   Vander Borght, Thierry ^b   Marchandise, Baudoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AORTITIS; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; SALMONELLA DUBLIN; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0041331548     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.514205.x     Document Type: Letter

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