Cocaine-associated abscesses with lethal sepsis after splenic infarction in an 17-year-old woman

Forensic Science International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-23

  Dettmeyer, R ^a   Schlamann, M ^a   Madea, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Sepsis; Splenic infarction

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; MENINX; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INFARCTION;

EID: 0842304911     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.031     Document Type: Article

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