Septic thrombophlebitis: Diagnosis and management

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Chirinos, Julio A ^a,c   Garcia, Javier ^b   Alcaide, Maria L ^a   Toledo, Geraldine ^a   Baracco, Gio J ^a   Lichtstein, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEPARIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTHRITIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; KLEBSIELLA; LEMIERRE SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN VEIN; PELVIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL VEIN INFECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC THROMBOPHLEBITIS; SHIGELLA; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; PELVIS; PORTAL VEIN; SEPSIS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 33644538316     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129784-200606010-00002     Document Type: Review

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