A distinct cause of necrotizing fasciitis: Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria

Surgical Infections

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 523-528

  Cui, Hongyi ^a   Hao, Suyang ^a   Arous, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD33 ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINTUZUMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; AGED; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

AEROMONAS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 36148962395     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.046     Document Type: Article

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