Two cases of severe sepsis due to Vibrio vulnificus wound infection acquired in the Baltic Sea

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 912-915

  Ruppert, J ^a   Panzig, B ^a   Guertler, L ^a   Hinz, P ^a   Schwesinger, G ^a   Felix, S B ^a   Friesecke, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SEA WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASHORE; SEPSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEAWATER; SEPSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 12144285241     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-004-1241-2     Document Type: Article

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