Axillary Abscess in a Patient with Yersinia enterocolitica Infection as a Result of Exposure to Pork

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Kelesidis, Theodoros ^a   Balba, Gayle ^a   Worthington, Michael ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AXILLA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ABSCESS; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 39849089770     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.10.017     Document Type: Letter

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