Relapsing cellulitis associated with Campylobacter coli bacteremia in an agammaglobulinemic patient

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-579

  Tokuda, Koichi ^a   Nishi, Junichiro ^a   Miyanohara, Hiroaki ^b   Sarantuya, Jav ^a   Iwashita, Mayumi ^a   Kamenosono, Akira ^a   Hizukuri, Kazuko ^a   Wakimoto, Naoko ^a   Yoshinaga, Masao ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Campylobacter coli; Cellulitis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; X linked agammaglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RELAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CELLULITIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042543895     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000130080.86862.d5     Document Type: Article

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