An unusual case of Septicaemia

New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-60

  Newton, Lesley ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Fusiform bacillus; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BLOOD CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CASE REPORT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FULMINATING PURPURA; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPTICEMIA; THROMBOCYTE;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33746610210     PISSN: 11710195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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