An outbreak of Vibrio vulnificus infection in Kumamoto, Japan, 2001 [5]

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 888-889

  Matui, Tamano ^b   Ono, Tomomichi ^b   Inoue, Yuji ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAPAN; LETTER; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAWEED; SEPTICEMIA; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WATER TEMPERATURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 3142662014     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.7.888     Document Type: Letter

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