Landouzy septicemia (sepsis tuberculosa acutissima) due to Mycobacterium microti in an immunocompetent man

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 393-396

  Geiss, H K ^a   Feldhues, R ^a   Niemann, S ^b   Nolte, O ^a   Rieker, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; SEPTICEMIA;

AGED; BACTEREMIA; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS;

EID: 27644582799     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-5075-3     Document Type: Article

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