Septicemia due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis - A case report

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1118-1119

  Deacon, A G ^a,b   Hay, A ^b   Duncan, J ^b  

^a Raigmore Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Septicemia; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0242624592     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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