Suppurative Acinetobacter baumanii thyroiditis with bacteremic pneumonia: Case report and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1286-1290

  Yu, Eugene Hsin ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^a   Chuang, Yin Ching ^a   Wu, Ta Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 2442763934     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514998     Document Type: Article

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