Outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila wound infections associated with mud football

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1084-1089

  Vally, Hassan ^a,b   Whittle, Amanda ^a   Cameron, Scott ^b   Dowse, Gary K ^a   Watson, Tony ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 2342523482     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/382876     Document Type: Article

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