Vibrio vulnificus infection in São Paulo, Brazil: Case report and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 302-305

  de Araujo, Maria Rita Elmor ^a,d   Aquino, Caroline ^a   Scaramal, Elton ^b   Ciola, Claudete Sílvia ^a   Schettino, Guilherme ^b   Machado, Marcel Cerqueira Cesar ^c  

^a Clinical Laboratory   (Brazil)

^b Pediatric Intensive Care Unit   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Septic shock; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUSSEL; OCTOPUS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SEPTIC SHOCK; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VOMITING;

EID: 34547100284     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000200029     Document Type: Article

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