Pasteurella multocida septic shock after a cat scratch in an elderly otherwise healthy woman: a case report

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380.e1-380.e3

  Fernández Valencia, Jenaro A ^a   García, Sebastian ^a   Prat, Salvio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; IMIPENEM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CHONDROLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 40749148424     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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