Severe diarrhoea caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria in a patient with metastasised GIST

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 277-279

  Gröbner, Sabine ^a   Bissinger, Alfred L ^a   Raible, Armin ^a   Heeg, Peter ^a   Autenrieth, Ingo B ^a   Schmidt, Susanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromonas veronii; Diarrhoea; Foodborne pathogens; Gastroenteritis; Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROMONAS VERONII; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

AEROMONAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

AEROMONAS VERONII;

EID: 38649087940     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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