Extensive purpura and septic schock in two patients with Capnocytophaga canimorsus;Purpura extensif au cours d'un choc septique à Capnocytophaga canimorsus: Deux observations

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-29

  Gary, A ^a   Bravard, P ^b   Frebourg, N ^a   Collange, O ^a   Nouveau, J ^b   Carre D ^b   Veber, B ^a   Moirot, E ^b   Joly, P ^a,c  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHG du Havre   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; DOG BITE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PURPURA; SAMPLING; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 32044469425     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0151-9638(06)70838-9     Document Type: Article

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