Clostridium septicum Aortitis in a Patient with Colon Carcinoma

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 632-634

  Liechti, M E ^a,b   Schob O ^a   Kacl, G M ^a   Caduff, B ^a  

^a Limmattal Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEVER; GAS GANGRENE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; TRANSVERSE COLON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTITIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0242361099     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1009-0     Document Type: Article

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