Campylobacter infections of the pericardium and myocardium

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-255

  Uzoigwe, Chika ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter spp.; Myocarditis; Pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ANGIOPLASTY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 15944380808     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01028.x     Document Type: Editorial

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