Gangrenous, hemorrhagic, bullous cellulitis associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 370-373

  Falagas, M E ^a,b,c   Pappas, V D ^a   Michalopoulos, A ^a,c  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; INOTROPIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEG; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL SIGN; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELLULITIS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; THIENAMYCINS; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 34848881285     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6257-y     Document Type: Article

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