Fusobacterium: Elusive cause of life-threatening septic thromboembolism

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1451-1453

  Cheung, Winson Y ^a,c   Bellas, Jonathon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; REST; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASOUND; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER ABSCESS; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748966993     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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